Zemirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- zeh-MEER-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Zemirah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “song, melody”. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Zemirah mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew zemirah
“song, melody”
In Jewish tradition zemirot, the plural of zemirah, are hymns sung around the table at Sabbath meals.
Is Zemirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zemirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zemirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 136% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Zemirah, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zemirah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15 girls in the UK were given Zemirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,686, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.
- Zemirah 10
- Zemira 5
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Zemirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Zemirah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,516th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43 about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Zemirah, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Zemirah in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 88 girls in the US were given Zemirah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
- Zemira 45
- Zemirah 43
Zemirah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 36 | #4,045 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 52 | #3,091 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 26 | #5,205 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,796 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
Names like Zemirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Zainab, Aaliyah, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Ayah, Hadassah, Aaminah, Abeeha, Zairah, Hafsa
Other spellings of Zemirah
Names related to Zemirah
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), 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, “Zemirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zemirah, updated 20 October 2026.