Uzayr
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-ZAIR
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Uzayr is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “help”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Uzayr mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Ezra
“help”
Uzayr is named once in the Quran and is traditionally identified with the biblical scribe Ezra.
Is Uzayr a girl's or a boy's name?
Uzayr is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Uzayr in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Uzayr, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,356th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uzayr in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 45 boys in the UK were given Uzayr or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #729, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Uzair 38
- Uzayr 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Uzayr in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,356 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Uzayr
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah Ahmed Umar Zayaan Zayan Zayd Mustafa Zubayr Azaan
Other spellings of Uzayr
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Uzayr: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uzayr, updated 20 October 2026.