Given name & surname
Khairy
“a kingly man •”
Khairy is a variant of Khairi. One interpretation is “a kingly man •.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Khairy is a variant of Khairi. One interpretation is “a kingly man •.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khairy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Khairy
- Khairy JamaluddinMalaysian politicianborn 1976
- Khairy AlzahabySyrian novelist and thinker1946–2022
- Khairy ShalabyEgyptian writer (1938-2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.