Zahi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAH-hee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Zahi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bright, radiant”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Zahi mean?
Arabic: Arabic zahi 'bright, radiant'
“bright, radiant”
An Arabic word meaning bright, radiant or splendid, used as a boy's name.
Is Zahi a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahi 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 Zahi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zahi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Zahi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Zahi, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Zahi in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zahi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
Names like Zahi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Zayd Musa Zayyan Rafi Abdullah Hamza Ziyad Azaan Umar
Names related to Zahi
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, “Zahi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahi, updated 20 October 2026.