Zeki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zeh-KEE
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Zeki is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “intelligent; pure”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Zeki mean?
Arabic: Turkish form of Zaki
“intelligent; pure”
In everyday Turkish zeki means 'clever'.
Is Zeki a girl's or a boy's name?
Zeki is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zeki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Zeki, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Zeki than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Zeki in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Zeki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 15 | #1,686 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 7 | #2,554 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Zeki 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 Zeki, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Zeki in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zeki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
Names like Zeki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Loki Ruairi Rumi Sami Yusuf Zayan Bodhi Yunus Zayaan Zayn Yahya
Names related to Zeki
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Safa
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, “Zeki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zeki, updated 20 October 2026.