Tahar as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tahar

What is the meaning of the name Tahar ?

The baby name Tahar is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAH-har.

Tahar is Arabic in Origin.

Tahar is a Maghrebi and French-style transliteration of Arabic طاهر, rendered Ṭāhir in scholarly romanization. The earliest name form is the Classical Arabic active participle ṭāhir, built from the verb ṭahura and the Semitic root ṭ-h-r, a root concerned with being clean, pure, or free from defilement. Its literal sense is pure or ritually clean; in Islamic vocabulary the related noun ṭahāra denotes purification, both physical and legal-religious.

As a given name, Ṭāhir appears in Arabic Muslim naming from the medieval period and remains especially visible in North Africa, where Tahar reflects French colonial spelling habits in Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Tahir and Taher are common alternative romanizations, while Tahira is the feminine form. Modern recognition has been shaped by writers and public figures including Algerian author Tahar Djaout, Moroccan writer Tahar Ben Jelloun, Tunisian reformer Tahar Haddad, and French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim.