Zarrar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zar-RAHR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
Zarrar is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies).
What does Zarrar mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of Dirar
Recalls Dirar ibn al-Azwar, a renowned early Muslim warrior, whose name Urdu speakers say as Zarrar.
Is Zarrar a girl's or a boy's name?
Zarrar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zarrar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Zarrar, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zarrar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Zarrar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
Names like Zarrar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Zayd, Musa, Umar, Amir, Mustafa, Abdullah, Zayyan, Ammar, Zubayr
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, “Zarrar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zarrar, updated 20 October 2026.