Nadira is a given name common in Asian countries. It may refer to
Banu, also spelled Bano, is a Persian name for girls popular in Iran and other Persian-speaking countries. It is also used in Turkey, Pakistan Bangladesh, Azerbaijan, India and Sri Lanka. It means "grand lady" and "princess" in Persian.
Mumtaz is a name commonly used in various countries in the Muslim world, mainly Afghanistan, Brunei, Malaysia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and Turkey. It can also be used as a female name. Mumtazah is a related female version. Its root is from Arabic language, meaning "excellent".
Natasha is a name of Slavic origin. The Slavic name is the diminutive form of Natalia.
Gul is a common name in Persian and Turkish languages, meaning rose. Gul is used as a family name in Europe, Central and South Asia.
Bajwa is a Jat surname and tribe name commonly found among the Sikhs and Muslims of the Punjab region in India and Pakistan.
Anwar is the English transliteration of two Arabic names commonly used in the Muslim world: the male given name ʼAnwar (أنور), meaning "luminous" or the female given name ʼAnwār (أنوار), meaning "a collection of lights". In Arabic Anwar is also a comparative adjective with the meaning of "more enlightened".
Florence Ezekiel, known professionally as Nadira, was an Indian actress who worked in the Hindi film industry. She appeared in films from the 1950s and 1960s, including Aan (1952), Shree 420 (1955), Pakeezah (1972), and Julie (1975), which won her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
Nadira Babbar is an Indian theatre actress, director and an actress in Hindi cinema, who is the recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 2001. Nadira founded a Mumbai-based theatre group called Ekjute, a known name in Hindi theatre in 1981.
Notable people with the surname Alavi include:
Sehgal, Saigal, Sahgal, or Saigol is a Punjabi Khatri surname, originating from Punjab in India and Pakistan.
Aisha is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Aisha, the youngest wife of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and is a very popular name among Muslim women.
Kiran is an Indian given name. It originates in the Sanskrit word kiraṇa, meaning "ray" or "ray of light" or "beam of light". Other names that sound like Kiran are Kira, Kirwan, Ciaran, Keiran and Kieran. Notable people with the name include:
Shagufta or Shegufta is a mostly feminine given name of Persian origin. Its meaning is "blooming", "flourishing". A related name is the Afghan Shegufa.
Rani is an Indian given name or refers to a female princely ruler.
Begum is a female title which is also used in Mirza families/lineages, Daughter of Beg or Wife of Beg, a given name and surname.
Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in the Muslim world, along with Fatima and Aisha.
Farah or Farrah is a feminine and occasionally masculine given name in Arabic, Persian or Urdu.
Chand means Moon in Hindi.
Khatri, is a surname.
Babbar is a surname found among the Aroras of Punjab and the Jath Baloches originating in Makran. Jath Baloches are camel-men from the Baloch origin whereas the Aroras are a sub-caste of Khatri community. Babbar is a totemic surname that means "lion". The Babbar Baloch clan is descended from the larger Hoth tribe. They are present as a sub cast of Jamali tribe in Balochistan. In Punjab, they are mostly concentrated in the district of Montgomery, Bahawalpur, Muzaffargarh, Rahim Yar Khan, Multan, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi Khan.