Sabri
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SAB-ree
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Sabri is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “patient”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Sabri mean?
Arabic: from sabr 'patience'
“patient”
From Arabic sabr, patience; also a traditional given name in Turkey and the Arabic-speaking world.
Is Sabri a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabri is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sabri in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sabri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Sabri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Sabri, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Sabri in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabri in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
Names like Sabri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Rafi, Zayan, Musa, Ahmed, Zayaan, Abdullah, Rayyan, Zayd, Umar, Hadi
Names related to Sabri
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, “Sabri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabri, updated 20 October 2026.