Zahar

A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning blooming flower or blossom.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Zahar by the numbers

Zahar was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Zahirblooming flower, brilliant, shining214 in the US (2017)
  • Zamarsong or psalm; to sing28 in the US (2017)
  • Zoharsplendor; light; radiance16 in the US (2017)
  • Zafarvictory, triumph3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaharigod has remembered; form of Zacharias9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zahanworld or splendor6 in England and Wales (2025)

Sounds like Zahar

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

  • Zaahirblooming or flourishing8 in the US (2017)
  • Zaheerblooming flower; brilliant7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zaheirblooming flower; shining7 in the US (2017)
  • Zahyrblooming or shining5 in the US (2017)
  • Zayir5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a flower

Like Zahar, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Zayaangrace, beauty, or bloom; variant of Zayan180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maligarland; necklace132 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Blossomflower, bloom of a plant124 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Zohaanblooming or flowering; a form of Zohra41 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kaleithe wreath or garland40 in the US (2017)
  • Florianflowering or blooming; from floris36 in England and Wales (2025)

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