Khizr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHIZ-er
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Khizr is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the green one”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Khizr mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of al-Khidr
“the green one”
Al-Khidr is the mysterious wise servant of God whom Moses meets in the Qur'an, revered across the Muslim world.
Is Khizr a girl's or a boy's name?
Khizr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khizr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Khizr, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 boys.
Half of all the boys named Khizr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Khizr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
Names like Khizr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Amir, Umar, Musa, Khalid, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Mustafa, Abdullah, Ahmed, Arham
Names related to Khizr
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khizr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khizr, updated 20 October 2026.