Azra is from the Arabic ʿaḏrāʾ (عذراء — virgin, pure, unblemished). A modern American baby name in the broader Bosnian-Arab heritage aesthetic. Azra in Arabic-Bosnian tradition — one of the most-popular feminine names across Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Kosovo, Turkey, and the broader Muslim-Balkan diaspora; the foundational Arabic word ʿaḏrāʾ also refers to the iconic Virgin Mary (Maryam al-ʿAdhrāʾ) in the Quranic tradition; the iconic Surat Maryam (Quran Chapter 19) — the only Quranic chapter named after a woman — celebrates the Virgin Mary as one of the foundational figures of Islamic tradition. Azra in Yugoslav rock heritage — **Azra was the iconic Croatian/Yugoslav rock band founded in 1977 by Branimir "Johnny" Štulić — widely considered one of the most-influential Yugoslav rock bands of the New Wave era*; their iconic 1981 self-titled debut album Azra + the iconic Sunčana strana ulice (Sunny Side of the Street, 1981) + Filigranski pločnici (1982) became foundational works of Yugoslav rock music; the band's name was inspired by Heinrich Heine's iconic 1846 poem Der Asra — about a tragic love story set in Yemen — which Heine based on the Arabic legend of the iconic Azra tribe; the song A šta da radim (What Should I Do) is widely considered one of the most-iconic Yugoslav rock songs of all time. Azra Akın (born 1981) — iconic Dutch-Turkish model; Miss World 2002 winner — the second Turkish woman to win the iconic Miss World pageant. Princess Azra* — modern Bosnian heritage naming.
Featured throughout Bosnian heritage and Yugoslav rock.
Azra reduces to three.