Zorawar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZOR-a-var
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,886 for boys
Zorawar is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “powerful, strong”. In 2025 it ranked 372nd for boys in the UK (127 babies) and 1,886th for boys in the US (83 babies).
What does Zorawar mean?
Persian: via Punjabi, from zor, strength
“powerful, strong”
Borne by Sahibzada Zorawar Singh, a young son of Guru Gobind Singh, honoured in Sikh history as a child martyr.
Is Zorawar a girl's or a boy's name?
Zorawar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 127 boys in the UK and 83 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zorawar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 127 about 1 in 2,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 264% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 127 boys in the UK were named Zorawar, making it the 372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 165 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zorawar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 145 boys in the UK were given Zorawar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #350, up from #372 for this spelling alone.
- Zorawar 127
- Zoravar 18
Among boys in 2025, it was 334th in England and Wales.
Zorawar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #372 |
| 2024 | 165 | #300 |
| 2023 | 83 | #526 |
| 2022 | 71 | #589 |
| 2021 | 50 | #761 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 38 | #875 |
| 2018 | 35 | #940 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,253 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,163 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Zorawar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,886th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 83 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 211% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 83 boys in the US were named Zorawar, making it the 1,886th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Zorawar in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 99 boys in the US were given Zorawar or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,493, up from #1,886 for this spelling alone.
- Zorawar 83
- Zoravar 16
Zorawar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #1,886 |
| 2024 | 97 | #1,709 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,013 |
| 2022 | 51 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
Names like Zorawar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan, Zayan, Zayd, Muhammad, Musa, Umar, Huzaifa, Zakariya, Abdullah, Mustafa, Ibrahim, Zayyan
Other spellings of Zorawar
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
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, “Zorawar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zorawar, updated 20 October 2026.