Zayir
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Zayir by the numbers
Zayir was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Zayir
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 Zayir. 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)
- Zakirone who remembers, one who mentions9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zafirvictorious; triumphant; the conqueror6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zayinthe seventh letter of the hebrew alphabet10 in the US (2017)
- Zabirpatient, enduring; mighty4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Zayir
Names that are said the same way as Zayir, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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