Zulfiqar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- zool-fi-KAR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Zulfiqar is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the notched one”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Zulfiqar mean?
Arabic: Arabic Dhu al-Fiqar
“the notched one”
Named after Dhu al-Fiqar, the forked sword of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Zulfiqar a girl's or a boy's name?
Zulfiqar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zulfiqar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Zulfiqar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Zulfiqar than any year since 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Zulfiqar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
Names like Zulfiqar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Umar, Abdullah, Mustafa, Zayd, Zayaan, Zayan, Amir, Huzaifa, Ahmed, Musa, Ibrahim
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Zulfiqar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zulfiqar, updated 20 October 2026.