Given name & surname
Azar
“one who is fiery; scarlet”
Azar is used as a given name and a surname. One Persian interpretation is “one who is fiery; scarlet.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Persian interpretation is “one who is fiery; scarlet.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Persian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Azar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 222
- 212 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #3,136 for boys · #15,275 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +176%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,136 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Pennsylvania had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 986 as a first name in 2020; 3,652 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Azar’s family of names
Azar has a related form in Azaria. Azar has a related form in Azara. Azar has a related form in Azarah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Azar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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