Shakur
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 37 babies a year in the US.
Shakur by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Shakur. In the US, 37 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 119 babies in 1997, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Shakur
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 Shakur. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Shakirgrateful, thankful8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Shaungod is gracious; a form of sean244 in the US (2017)
- Shamarguardian, protector94 in the US (2017)
- Shamirhard stone; a precious gem33 in the US (2017)
- Shaktipower; energy; divine feminine power19 in the US (2017)
- Shaulasked for; a form of Saul18 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Shakur
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