Zarek
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 26 babies a year in the US.
Zarek by the numbers
Zarek was given to 26 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 52 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Zarek
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 Zarek. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zaredambush or sprout; a form of Zered6 in the US (2017)
- Zaryk5 in the US (2017)
- Zairethe river; from Congo River name349 in the US (2017)
- Zadokrighteous or just one29 in the US (2017)
- Zayedto increase or grow; variant of Zaid10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zarifgraceful; elegant; witty and clever4 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Zarek
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