Shakura (first name)
Shakura ( Arabic : شكورة) or Shakur (Arabic: شكور) is a first name .
Origin and meaning
The male Arabic first name Shakur means grateful ; from the root شَكشَرَ (Shakara), which means grateful . In the Islamic tradition, الشكور (al-Shakur) is one of the 99 names of Allah . Another variant is Shakir .
Shakura is the feminine variant of the name. Another variant is Shakira .
Well-known namesake
Female
- Shakura S'Aida , Canadian blues singer
Male
- Shakur Stevenson (born 1997), American boxer
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mike Campbell: Meaning, origin and history of the name Shakur. Retrieved May 12, 2019 .