Given name & surname
Zaher
“of the morning light; dawn”
Zaher is a variant of Zahar. One Hebrew interpretation is “of the morning light; dawn.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zaher is a variant of Zahar. One Hebrew interpretation is “of the morning light; dawn.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zaher is a variant of Zahar. An origin associated with Zahar is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
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
Zaher through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 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 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 389 as a first name in 2020; 703 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.
Zaher’s family of names
Zaher has a related form in Zahar. In Greek usage, Zaher is a transliteration of Ζαχέρ.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Zaher
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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