# Gohar

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For the Iranian village, see [Gohar, Iran](/source/Gohar,_Iran). For the Pakistani village, see [Gohar, Pakistan](/source/Gohar,_Pakistan).

**Gohar** and **Gauhar** are given names and surnames. **Gawhar** is a given name. Also, Gohar ([Eastern Armenian](/source/Eastern_Armenian)) **Kohar** ([Western Armenian](/source/Western_Armenian)) or **Goar** may be transliterations of the Armenian feminine given name Գոհար. Together with a numer of other names, these names are derived from the [Persian](/source/Persian_language) *gōhar* (گُوهَر) meaning "gem, jewel" or "essence, substance". Notabe people with the name include:

## Given name

### Goar

- [Goar Hlgatian](/source/Goar_Hlgatian) (born 1975), Armenian chess player
- [Goar Vartanian](/source/Goar_Vartanian) (1926–2019), Armenian woman who spied for the Soviet Union together with her husband Gevork Vartanian
- Names of [Gohar Gasparyan](/source/Gohar_Gasparyan), [Gohar Harutyunyan](/source/Gohar_Harutyunyan), and other Armenian persons may also be spelled as Goar

### Gohar

- [Gohar Ali Shah](/source/Gohar_Ali_Shah), Pakistani politician from Mardan District, member of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly
- [Gohar Dashti](/source/Gohar_Dashti) (born 1980), Iranian photographer and video artist
- [Gohar Faiz](/source/Gohar_Faiz) (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer
- [Gohar Gasparyan](/source/Gohar_Gasparyan) (1924–2007), Armenian opera singer
- [Gohar Gasparyan (television presenter)](/source/Gohar_Gasparyan_(television_presenter)) (born 1985), Armenian television presenter
- [Gohar Harutyunyan (model)](/source/Gohar_Harutyunyan_(model)) (born 1979), Armenian model, Miss Armenia
- [Gohar Harutyunyan](/source/Gohar_Harutyunyan)[Gohar Harutyunyan](/source/Gohar_Harutyunyan), Armenian sports shooter
- [Gohar Ayub Khan](/source/Gohar_Ayub_Khan) (1937–2023), Pakistani politician
- [Gohar Kheirandish](/source/Gohar_Kheirandish) (born 1954), Iranian actress
- [Gohar Markosjan-Käsper](/source/Gohar_Markosjan-K%C3%A4sper) (1949–2015), Armenian-Estonian writer
- [Gohar Mamajiwala](/source/Gohar_Mamajiwala) (1910–1985), Indian singer, actress, producer and studio owner
- [Gohar Muradyan](/source/Gohar_Muradyan) (born 1957), Armenian philologist and translator
- [Gohar Nabil](/source/Gohar_Nabil) (born 1973), Egyptian handball player
- [Gohar Rasheed](/source/Gohar_Rasheed) (born 1984), Pakistani actor
- [Gohar Shah](/source/Gohar_Shah) (born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
- [Gohar Yenokyan](/source/Gohar_Yenokyan), Armenian politician, M.P.
- [Gohar Zaman](/source/Gohar_Zaman) (born 1979), Pakistani footballer

### Gauhar

- [Gauhar Ara Begum](/source/Gauhar_Ara_Begum) (1631–1706), Mughal princess, daughter of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal
- Gauhar Afroz (born 1965), also known as [Gori](/source/Gori_(actress)), Pakistani retired film actress
- [Gauhar Ali](/source/Gauhar_Ali) (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
- [Gauhar Hafeez](/source/Gauhar_Hafeez) (born 1999), Pakistani cricketer
- [Gauhar Jaan](/source/Gauhar_Jaan) (1873–1930), Indian singer and dancer
- [Gauhar Jamil](/source/Gauhar_Jamil) (1925–1980), Bangladeshi dancer born Ganesh Nath
- [Gauhar Raza](/source/Gauhar_Raza) (born 1956), Indian poet, social activist and documentary filmmaker
- [Gauhar Rehman](/source/Gauhar_Rehman) (1936–2003), Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician

### Gawhar

- [Gawhar](/source/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu'll%C3%A1h's_family#Gawhar), third wife of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Baháʼí Faith religion
- [Hajji Gawhar Khanum](/source/Hajji_Gawhar_Khanum), first female poet and astronomer of the 19th-century Qajar empire
- [Gawhar Shad](/source/Gawhar_Shad) (died 1457), chief consort of Shah Rukh, ruler of the Timurid Empire

### Gowhar

- [Gowhar Khanum](/source/Gowhar_Khanum), Qajar princess and the daughter of Fath-Ali Shah
- [Gowhar Qajar](/source/Gowhar_Qajar) (died 1901), Iranian poetess and astronomer of the Qajar era

## Surname

### Gohar

- Ali Gohar, birth name of [Shah Alam II](/source/Shah_Alam_II) (1728–1806), Mughal emperor
- [Ali Gohar](/source/Ali_Gohar) (born 1956), Pakistani scholar and restorative justice expert
- [Bushra Gohar](/source/Bushra_Gohar) (born 1961), Pakistani politician and Pashtun human rights activist
- [Hamed Gohar](/source/Hamed_Gohar) (1907–1992), Egyptian oceanographer and biologist
- [Nouran Gohar](/source/Nouran_Gohar) (born 1997), Egyptian squash player

### Gauhar

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

## See also

- [Gauahar Khan](/source/Gauahar_Khan) (born 1983), Indian model and actress

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