Shaakirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Shaakirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shaakirah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Shakira
A female given name from Arabic, masculine equivalent Shakir.
Meaning borrowed from Shakira. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shaakirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaakirah is a girls' name.
How popular is Shaakirah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 girls.
Shaakirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
Names like Shaakirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sumayyah, Aaliyah, Farah, Aakifah, Samah, Hibah, Umaymah, Safia, Umamah, Sabiha, Azeemah, Safa
Names related to Shaakirah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Shaakirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaakirah, updated 20 October 2026.