Zakir
A boys’ name of Arabic origin, meaning one who remembers, one who mentions.
Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2440
9 babies
Zakir by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Zakir. In the US, 27 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 England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 37 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zakir. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zahirblooming flower, brilliant, shining214 in the US (2017)
- Zamirsongbird or nightingale177 in the US (2017)
- Zakipure; intelligent; smart; virtuous32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakiapure, virtuous, intelligent21 in the US (2017)
- Zafirvictorious; triumphant; the conqueror6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakarto remember or male3 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Zakir
Names that are said the same way as Zakir, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zakhargod has remembered; a form of Zacharias5 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Zakir
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