Given name & surname
Khairi
“a kingly man •”
Khairi is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “a kingly man •.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “a kingly man •.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khairi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 526
- 516 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #7,972 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −55%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,972 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 53.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 34 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 424 as a first name in 2020; 215 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.
Khairi’s family of names
Khairi has a related form in Khairea. Khairi has a related form in Khairee. Khairi has a related form in Khairey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Khairi
- Khairy JamaluddinMalaysian politicianborn 1976
- Khairy AlzahabySyrian novelist and thinker1946–2022
- Khairy ShalabyEgyptian writer (1938-2011)
- Khairi Al-HindawiIraqi poet1885–1957
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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