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  1. Barra (Name)
  2. Bareera (Name)

Barra (Name)

Barra (transliteration: Barra, Arabic: برّة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “affectionate”, “kind”, “gentle”, “dutiful”, “pious”, “doer of good deeds”, “virtuous”.123

Barra may also be spelled Barrah, Bara, and Barah.

There are three female Companions of the Prophet Muhammad PBUH named Barra:

  • Barra bint Abi Tajrat برة بنت أبي تجراة
  • Barra bint Abi Salamah برة بنت أبي سلمة
  • Barra bint Aamir برة بنت عامر

Below is the name Barra written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Barra written in Arabic kufi script:

Bareera (Name)

Bareera (transliteration: Barīra, Arabic: بريرة) is an Arabic name for girls that means “one fruit of the arāk tree”. The arāk tree (scientific name Salvadora persica) is the tree from which the Arabian toothbrush, the miswāk, is made.1 The literal meaning of Bareera is “faithful”, “loyal”, “dutiful”, “devoted to good deeds and worship”, from root birr (“dutifulness”, “faithfulness”, “the doing of good deeds”.2 The ancient Arabians, when using this name, had the fruit of the arak tree in mind, rather than the literal meaning.3

Bareera is also spelled Barira, Bareerah and Barirah.

There is one female Companion of !PM named Bareera:

  • Bareera freed slave of Aisha bint Abu Bakr al-Siddiq بريرة مولاة عائشة بنت أبي بكر الصديق

Below is the name Bareera written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Bareera written in Arabic kufi script: