Given name & surname
Zahar
“of the morning light; dawn”
Zahar is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “of the morning light; dawn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “of the morning light; dawn.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zahar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 112 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #8,895 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,895 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 19.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 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.
Zahar’s family of names
Zahar has a related form in Zahir. Zahar has a related form in Zaher. Zahar has a related form in Zahyr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zahar
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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