The baby name Ishara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ɪˈʃɑːrə/ (respelling: ih-SHAH-rah).
The baby name Ishara is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ɪˈʃɑːrə/ (respelling: ih-SHAH-rah).
Ishara is Arabic, Sanskrit, Swahili in Origin.
Ishara carries layered origins. In the ancient Near East, Išhara (often linked to a West Semitic root for “oath,” though etymology is debated) was a widely venerated goddess attested from third‑millennium‑BCE Ebla and later among Akkadian, Hurrian, and Hittite peoples. She presided over oaths, treaties, and divine justice, sometimes extending to love and fertility, and her name was invoked to sanction contracts and curse perjurers. As a theonym adapted across languages, the form appears in transliteration as Išhara, Ishara, or Iskhara.
Separately, Ishara is a modern given name in South Asia, especially Sri Lanka and India, taken from Arabic/Persian ishāra via Urdu and Hindi and used in Sinhala as well, meaning “sign, gesture, indication” or “hint.” It is typically unisex. Variants include Isharaa, Ishaara, Isharah, Eshara, and Isara; related local forms include spellings with diacritics (Ishārā) and the theophoric Sinhala compound Ishara Devi.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW | 0 | #19 | 1 | 960 | |
| MV | Girls | 0 | #34 | 2 | 2,021 |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #74 | 6 | 3,375 |
| QA | 0 | #106 | 1 | 7,011 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| OM | 0 | #121 | 1 | 6,215 | |
| CY | Girls | 0 | #125 | 1 | 3,755 |
| AE | 0 | #185 | 3 | 10,220 | |
| BD | 0 | #240 | 2 | 5,992 | |
| JP | Girls | 0 | #247 | 5 | 6,592 |
| JP | Boys | 0 | #287 | 11 | 7,909 |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #302 | 15 | 15,378 |
| SA | 0 | #311 | 2 | 10,560 | |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #312 | 14 | 7,570 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #329 | 1 | 7,429 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| HK | 0 | #357 | 1 | 8,483 | |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #358 | 2 | 8,829 |
| MU | Girls | 0 | #361 | 2 | 8,539 |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #385 | 5 | 7,057 |
| BD | Girls | 0 | #399 | 8 | 8,413 |
| BO | 0 | #408 | 1 | 6,868 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #418 | 7 | 15,987 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #467 | 49 | 19,177 |
| ZA | 0 | #470 | 5 | 14,421 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #522 | 32 | 20,968 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #536 | 1 | 6,731 |
| BH | 0 | #540 | 14 | 17,937 | |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #625 | 1 | 10,983 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #631 | 2 | 18,916 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #679 | 29 | 18,093 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #733 | 37 | 18,755 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #735 | 5 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #767 | 1 | 11,684 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #872 | 10 | 17,948 |
| United States | Girls | 2023 | #910 | 5 | 8,600 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #915 | 1 | 14,098 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #920 | 16 | 25,931 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #943 | 13 | 5,933 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,044 | 98 | 25,928 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,058 | 35 | 22,615 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,150 | 3 | 16,140 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,266 | 2 | 17,781 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,391 | 56 | 9,415 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,423 | 49 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,590 | 25 | 28,008 |
Ishara is popular in 34 countries — most recent births per country:
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