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Zuri

Zuri: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“beautiful”
Origin
Swahili
Say it
ZOOR-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls (96% of all uses)

From Swahili zuri meaning 'beautiful, good'. It is also used as a modern given name beyond East Africa.

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How popular is Zuri?

2024349 per million US babies
1880192019602000
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Babies named Zuri in 20241,162

2024 rank#277 girls

Peak year2022

Total US babies since 188016,648

Zuri is rising: use over the last five years is 3.3× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Zuri

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Niapurpose · Swahili
  • Nyapurpose · Swahili

Zuri questions

What does the name Zuri mean?

Zuri means "beautiful". It comes from Swahili. From Swahili zuri meaning 'beautiful, good'. It is also used as a modern given name beyond East Africa.

Is Zuri a boy or girl name?

Zuri is mainly a girl's name in US records (96% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Zuri?

1,162 US babies were named Zuri in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.

How do you pronounce Zuri?

Zuri is usually pronounced ZOOR-ee.

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.