Zuhair
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zoo-HAIR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Zuhair is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little flower; blossom”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Zuhair mean?
Arabic: diminutive of zahr 'flowers'
“little flower; blossom”
Zuhayr ibn Abi Sulma was one of the great poets of pre-Islamic Arabia.
Is Zuhair a girl's or a boy's name?
Zuhair is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zuhair in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Zuhair, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Zuhair in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Zuhair in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Zuhair in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Zuhair, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had more boys named Zuhair than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Zuhair in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zuhair in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 12 | #5,660 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
Names like Zuhair
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Zayd, Hamza, Zayaan, Zayan, Abdullah, Ahmed, Umar, Musa, Mustafa, Zahir, Ziyad
Names related to Zuhair
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, “Zuhair: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zuhair, updated 20 October 2026.