Given name & surname
Azhar
“of the dry earth; resembling the flower”·“one who is spared by God”
Azhar is a variant of Azalea. Interpretations include “of the dry earth; resembling the flower” and “one who is spared by God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Azhar is a variant of Azalea. Interpretations include “of the dry earth; resembling the flower” and “one who is spared by God”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic أَزْهَر (“shining, radiant”); its root is Arabic ز ه ر.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Azhar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 473
- 316 boys · 157 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #3,962 for boys · #9,537 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +37%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 27 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 3,962 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 57.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 10 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, Pennsylvania had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (5). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,439 as a first name in 2020; 1,083 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.
Azhar’s family of names
Azhar has a related form in Azalea. Azhar has a related form in Azhaer. Azhar has a related form in Azhaere.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Azhar
- Azhar MahmoodPakistani cricket coach and former cricketerborn 1975
- Maulana AzharIranian calligrapher
- Azhar Azizan Harun10th and current Speaker of Dewan Rakyat Malaysiaborn 1962
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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