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Jahir

Jahir: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“shining; apparent”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
jah-HEER · 2 syllables
Used for
Boys

Usually from Arabic Zahir/Ẓāhir, meaning 'apparent, manifest, shining', with Jahir reflecting a Spanish-influenced spelling. Usage is especially common in Latin American contexts.

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How popular is Jahir?

202438.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jahir in 2024125

2024 rank#1,452 boys

Peak year2003

Total US babies since 18802,748

Jahir has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Jahir

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Amircommander, prince · Arabic
  • Muhammadpraised · Arabic
  • Zaynbeauty, grace · Arabic
  • Omarflourishing, long-lived · Arabic
  • Cairovictorious · Arabic
  • Ibrahimfather of multitudes · Arabic
  • Khalilfriend, beloved · Arabic
  • Malikking · Arabic

Jahir questions

What does the name Jahir mean?

Jahir means "shining; apparent". It comes from Arabic. Usually from Arabic Zahir/Ẓāhir, meaning 'apparent, manifest, shining', with Jahir reflecting a Spanish-influenced spelling. Usage is especially common in Latin American contexts.

Is Jahir a boy or girl name?

Jahir is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jahir?

125 US babies were named Jahir in 2024. Its peak year was 2003.

How do you pronounce Jahir?

Jahir is usually pronounced jah-HEER.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.