Zahran
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Zahran is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “bright”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Zahran mean?
Arabic
“bright”
A male given name from Arabic, meaning “bright or pure”.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zahran a girl's or a boy's name?
Zahran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zahran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Zahran, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zahran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Zahran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
Names like Zahran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayd, Zayan, Zayyan, Musa, Umar, Mustafa, Abdullah, Amir, Yazan, Azaan
Names related to Zahran
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Zahran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zahran, updated 20 October 2026.