Zahir: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

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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