Given name
Zahirah
“one who is shining, luminous; dazzling”
Zahirah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is shining, luminous; dazzling.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is shining, luminous; dazzling.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
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
Zahirah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 311
- 0 boys · 311 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,894 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −41%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,894 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 247 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zahirah’s family of names
Zahirah has a related form in Zahira. Zahirah has a related form in Zaheera. Zahirah has a related form in Zaheerah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zahiravariant
- Zahyrahvariant
- Zahyravariant
- Zahirrahlikely variant
- Zaheirahvariant
- Zaheiravariant
- Zahierahvariant
- Zahieravariant
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