Ashraqat

Ashraqat

Ashraqat

Female given name


Ashraqat is an Arabic feminine name meaning "dawned." It came into use in Egypt as a popular name for newborn girls because of a character on Bawabat Al-Halawani, an Egyptian soap opera that aired in the late 1990s. Previously, it was almost never used as a name.[1]


Notes

  1. "Al-Ahram Weekly | Living | What's in a name?". Archived from the original on 2015-01-13. Retrieved 2012-11-17.

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