Bahar () in Persian appears as a feminine given name in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkey. It comes from the Middle Persian whʾl (wahār), which ultimately comes from Proto-Indo-European *wósr̥ (“spring”).
A similar name also appears in the Semitic languages albeit with a different meaning. Therefore, Baħar in Maltese; Al-Bahr () in Arabic; and Bahir ( in Amharic - Bahari / in Tigrinya).
People with the given name Bahar Emine Gülbahar Hatun (died 1492), concubine of Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II and mother of Bayezid II Bahar Akbay (born 1998), Turkish volleyball player Bahar Çağlar (born 1988), Turkish basketballer Bahar Davary, Iranian-American religious studies scholar Bahar Doğan (born 1974), Turkish long-distance runner Bahar Güvenç (born 1997), Turkish footballer Bahar Kizil (born 1988), German singer of Turkish descent Bahar Mert (born 1975), Turkish volleyball player Bahar Movahed Bashiri (born 1979), Iranian portrait caricaturist, classical vocalist and dentist Bahar Soomekh (born 1975), Iranian-American actor Bahar Toksoy (born 1988), Turkish volleyball player Bahar Jefri Bolkiah (born 1981), Bruneian prince Bahar Yıldırım (born 1998), Turkish long-distance runner
People with the surname Bahar
Ahmad Bahar (1889–1957), Iranian statesman Ahmad Bahar (Palestinian politician) (1949–2023), Palestinian politician Hassan Bahara (born 1978), Moroccan-Dutch writer Dany Bahar (born 1971), Turkish chief executive Emran bin Bahar (born 1961), Bruneian diplomat Hatice Bahar Özgüvenç (born 1984), Turkish footballer Mehrdad Bahar (1930–1994), Iranian linguist, mythologist and Persian historian Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1884–1951), Iranian poet, politician, historian and journalist Mojdeh Bahar, American patent attorney and government official R. Iris Bahar, American professor and electronics engineer Salah Al Bahar (born 1970), Iraqi singer and composer Qazi Mu'tasim Billah Bahar (1933–2013), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and professor
See also Bahar (disambiguation)