At a Glance: Name: Zahir – Meaning: apparent, evident, manifest – Origin: Arabic – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: zah-HEER
Zahir is an Arabic boy's name meaning “apparent, evident, manifest”. It appears in our list of 125+ *Cute* Boy Names Ending in R.
Meaning & Origin of Zahir
Meaning: Apparent, evident, manifest.
Origin: Arabic.
A common claim: Zahir means 'shining, radiant' Actually: This conflates Zahir's root (ظهر, 'to appear/be manifest') with the unrelated root behind Zahra ('to bloom/shine'); Zahir's core sense is 'apparent/manifest', not 'radiant'.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Zahir
Phonetic: zah-HEER IPA: /zɑːˈhɪr/
Popularity of Zahir
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1973–2024.
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