Given name & surname
Khouri
“a spiritual man; a priest”
Khouri is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a spiritual man; a priest.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a spiritual man; a priest.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic خُورِيّ (“curate, priest”), from Latin curia.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Khouri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 49
- 11 boys · 38 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,570 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −77%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,570 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 128 as a first name in 2020; 1,417 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.
Khouri’s family of names
Khouri has a related form in Koury. Khouri has a related form in Khoury. Khouri has a related form in Kouri.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Kourivariant
- Couryvariant · English
- Khouryvariant · English
- Kouryvariant
- Elkhouryvariant · English
- Koureevariant
- Koureyvariant
- Kourievariant
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