Given name & surname
Bahir
“a shining man”
Bahir is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a shining man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a shining man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bahir through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,268 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,268 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bahir’s family of names
Bahir has a related form in Bahear. Bahir has a related form in Baheer. Bahir has a related form in Baheir.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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