Sahari

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 11 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
11
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Sahari by the numbers

Sahari was given to 11 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Sahari

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sahari. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Saharadesert; from the Sahara region123 in the US (2017)
  • Sahardawn; early morning17 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Safarijourney, expedition30 in the US (2017)
  • Sakarigod has remembered; Finnish form of Zacharias28 in the US (2017)
  • Shariprincess; a form of Sharon
  • Samari58 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Sahari

Names that are said the same way as Sahari, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Sayurismall lily; graceful water lily41 in the US (2017)
  • Saori44 in the US (2017)
  • Sahori5 in the US (2017)
  • Saory5 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Sahari

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