Elzara Amirova

Named by Unknown

Elzara is an Islamic name. Originally this name from the Turkish and Arabic languages. In Arabic, my name means "the most golden or gold of the people". In Russian language it means "God's mercy". When I was little, I asked my mom who gave me this name and she told me it was my grandmother because my mom wanted to give me a different name. All my life, I was thinking that my grandmother named me, but when I moved to Chicago and met her four years ago, I asked her why she chose this name for me. She said, "I didn't, your mom named you", and I was really confused. From that day, nobody in my family knows who named me Elzara. In my guess, I think the nurse who helped my mom to give a birth me, gave the name.

No one can pronounce my name correctly even back in my country "Uzbekistan". Maybe because my name is unique. At least I'm trying to believe this because my whole life I have never met a girl who has the same name as me. When I write my name in English is only five letters, but in Russian there are six because after "L" I have one more letter, which the English alphabet doesn't have. I get used to how people say my name.

All my friends can't say my name correctly, do they call me Zara like the fashionable clothing store in Chicago. In Chicago, I found out that in Ukrainian and in Polish languages, Zara means "right now" and in Arabic "visited". Back in Uzbekistan, my friends called me Amira because of my last name Amirova and Amira on Arabic language means "princess" and I like it, so I'm thinking about to change my name.