Gohar is from the Persian گوهر (Gōhar — jewel, gem, precious essence). A modern American baby name in the broader Persian-Iranian heritage aesthetic. Gohar is one of the foundational Persian feminine names — central to traditional Persian + Muslim heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Gohar Shad Begum (c. 1378-1457) — foundational legendary foundational Timurid queen + foundational chief wife of foundational Shah Rukh (foundational fourth Timurid emperor + son of Tamerlane) + foundational mother of foundational Ulugh Beg foundational pioneering astronomer + foundational pioneering Islamic architectural patron + foundational commissioned foundational Goharshad Mosque (foundational 1418 CE Mashhad Iran foundational central to foundational Imam Reza shrine — foundational holiest Shia site in Iran ~25 million annual pilgrims) + foundational Goharshad Madrasa Herat Afghanistan + foundational central to foundational Timurid Renaissance heritage; foundational also foundational Persian gohar (gem) is foundational central to foundational Persian poetic-aesthetic heritage spanning foundational Hafez + Rumi + Saadi + foundational gohar-e maqsood (precious goal/aim) foundational central Sufi mystical concept. Foundational Persian feminine name reflecting Persian Timurid heritage.
Featured throughout Persian heritage.
Gohar reduces to six.