Ehram

A Quranic Name for Boys and Girls

Ehram is variant of Ihram and has the exact same meaning and pronunciation (see below for full meaning). You can use either Ehram or Ihram, both are correct and acceptable. If you like this variant more and you'd like to pronounce it the way it is spelled (different than the original name), this is perfectly acceptable. For more details please see the main entry at: Ihram.

Full Meaning of Ehram

Ehram is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls that refers to the state of purity that pilgrimage enters during the pilgrimage rites. It starts when the pilgrims put on their Ehram clothes, which are the white clothes that are seen during the Haj proceedings, and ends when they take off these clohes at the end of Haj. Ehram literally means “to enter into a state prohibition or sacredness”, since many things are prohibited during the pilgrimage, such as perfume, hunting and marital relations. It is derived from the H6-R-M Quranic root.

God has in all truth shown His Messenger a true vision in which He said, ‘God willing, you will most certainly enter the Sacred Mosque in safety and without fear, shaven-headed or with hair cut short’—God knew what you did not; and has given you a victory beforehand. (Quran 48:27)