Khizar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHI-zar
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,423 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Khizar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the green one”. In 2025 it ranked 1,423rd for boys in the UK (20 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Khizar mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of al-Khidr
“the green one”
Form of al-Khidr, traditionally identified with the wise servant of God who guides Moses in the Qur'an.
Is Khizar a girl's or a boy's name?
Khizar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khizar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,423rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the UK were named Khizar, making it the 1,423rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,275th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 27 boys.
Half of all the boys named Khizar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,358th in England and Wales.
Khizar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #1,423 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 27 | #1,134 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,275 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,608 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 13 | #1,799 |
| 2012 | 16 | #1,622 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,272 |
| 2002 | 8 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Khizar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,442nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Khizar, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Khizar in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khizar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Khizar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umar, Muhammad, Zayaan, Musa, Zayan, Zayd, Hamza, Abdullah, Zayyan, Azaan, Musab, Amir
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khizar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khizar, updated 20 October 2026.