Zikra
Girl · ZIK-ra · Arabic
Zikra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “remembrance”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Zikra mean?
Arabic: Arabic dhikra, as said in Urdu
“remembrance”
From the same Arabic root as dhikr, the devotional remembrance of God in Islam.
- Say it
- ZIK-ra
Is Zikra a girl's or a boy's name?
Zikra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zikra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Zikra, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zikra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Zikra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,363 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,694 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 20 | #1,499 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
Names like Zikra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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