Zohair
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zo-HAIR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Zohair is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little flower; blossom”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Zohair mean?
Arabic: spelling of Zuhair
“little flower; blossom”
Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma was one of the great poets of pre-Islamic Arabia.
Is Zohair a girl's or a boy's name?
Zohair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zohair in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zohair, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zohair in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zohair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Zohair in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Zohair in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zohair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Zohair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Hamza, Abdullah, Ahmed, Umar, Musa, Mustafa, Zahir, Ziyad
Names related to Zohair
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Zohair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zohair, updated 20 October 2026.