Gohar Explained

Gohar and Gauhar are given names and surnames. Gawhar is a given name. Bearers of the name include:

Given name

Gohar Ali Shah, Pakistani politician from Mardan District, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
Gohar Dashti (born 1980), Iranian photographer and video artist
Gohar Faiz (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
Gohar Gasparyan (1924–2007), Armenian opera singer
Gohar Gasparyan (television presenter), Armenian television presenter
Gohar Ayub Khan, Pakistani politician
Gohar Kheirandish, Iranian actress
Gohar Markosjan-Käsper (1949–2015), Armenian-Estonian writer
Gohar Mamajiwala (1910–1985), Indian singer, actress, producer and studio owner
Gohar Muradyan, Armenian philologist and translator
Gohar Nabil (born 1973), Egyptian handball player
Gohar Rasheed (born 1984), Pakistani actor
Gohar Shah (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
Gohar Zaman (born 1979), Pakistani footballer

Gauhar Ara Begum (1631–c. 1706), Mughal princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
Gauhar Afroz (born 1965), also known as Gori, Pakistani retired film actress
Gauhar Ali (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
Gauhar Hafeez (born 1999), Pakistani cricketer
Gauhar Jaan (1873–1930), Indian singer and dancer
Gauhar Jamil (c. 1925–1980), Bangladeshi dancer born Ganesh Nath
Gauhar Raza (born 1956), Indian poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker
Gauhar Rehman (1936–2003), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician

Gawhar (died between 1892 and 1921), third wife of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith religion
Hajji Gawhar Khanum, first female poet and astronomer of the 19th-century Qajar empire
Gawhar Shad (died 1457), chief consort of Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire

Ali Gohar, birth name of Shah Alam II (1728–1806), Mughal emperor
Ali Gohar, Pakistani scholar and restorative justice expert, founder and executive director of Just Peace Initiatives (formerly Just Peace International)
Bushra Gohar, Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist
Hamed Gohar, Egyptian oceanographer and biologist
Nouran Gohar (born 1997), Egyptian squash player

Altaf Gauhar (1923–2000), Pakistani civil servant, journalist, poet, and writer very close to the country’s first military dictator, Ayub Khan
Madeeha Gauhar (1956–2018), Pakistani actress, playwright and director of social theater, and women's rights activist
Ranjana Gauhar, Indian classical dancer