Aqra (transliteration: Aqraʿ, Arabic: أقرع) is an Arabic name for boys that means “a sword made of high-quality steel”.12 Aqra also means “bald”.3
Aqra is also spelled as Aqraa.
There are five Companions of the Prophet Muhammad named Aqra:
- al-Aqra bin Habis الأقرع بن حابس
- al-Aqra bin Shufay al-Akki الأقرع بن شُفيّ العكيّ
- al-Aqra bin Abdullah al-Humairi الأقرع بن عبد الله الحميري
- al-Aqra al-Ghaffari الأقرع الغفاري
- Aqra (muezzin of Umar) أقرع مؤذن عمر
Below is the name Aqra written in Arabic naskh script:
Below is the name Aqra written in Arabic kufi script: