Shakura as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Shakura

What is the meaning of the name Shakura ?

The baby name Shakura is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced shah-KOO-rah (IPA: /ʃəˈkuːrə/).

Shakura is Arabic in Origin.

Shakura is an Arabic-derived feminine name from the triliteral root sh-k-r, “to thank, show gratitude.” It corresponds to شكورة (shakūra), the feminine of Shakūr/Shakur, meaning “grateful,” “appreciative,” or “thankful,” and sits alongside related forms such as Shakira (“thankful”) and Shukriya (“gratitude/thank you”). The root also underlies the divine epithet al‑Shakūr, lending the name a devotional resonance in Islamic contexts.

Usage appears in North Africa and the Middle East and, through migration and the arts, has entered wider circulation across the African diaspora; it remains uncommon in Anglophone baby-name statistics but familiar by association with cognate names. Variant spellings include Shakoura, Chakoura (Francophone transliteration), Shokura, and Shakuraa; masculine counterparts are Shakur and Shakir. The name is sometimes confused with Japanese Sakura (“cherry blossom”), yet the two have distinct origins and meanings.