Sabr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAH-bur
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
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Sabr is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “patience”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Sabr mean?
Arabic: Arabic word
“patience”
Sabr, patient endurance, is a central virtue in Islam and is praised many times in the Quran.
Is Sabr a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Sabr in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 3 boys.
Sabr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
How popular is Sabr in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Sabr, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2022. 8 girls were also named Sabr in 2025 (10,913th for girls).
Sabr in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
Names like Sabr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdur Umar Sabir Zahir Samir Ahmed Sahib Hamza Umair Suhaib Saim
Names related to Sabr
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
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, “Sabr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabr, updated 20 October 2026.