Given name & surname
Zaki
“one who is pure; innocent”
Zaki is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is pure; innocent.”
Original Arabicزكي
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is pure; innocent.”
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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zaki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,514
- 1,514 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 62 babies
- 2025
- 57
- #2,420 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +16%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 57 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,420 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,607 as a first name in 2020; 2,149 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.
Zaki’s family of names
Zaki has a related form in Zakee. Zaki has a related form in Zakai. Zaki has a related form in Zakae.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Zaki
- Zaki al-GhulPalestinian politician1926–2019
- Zaki Fatin Abdel WahabEgyptian actor1961–2022
- Zaki MubarakEgyptian writer and literary scholar1892–1952
- Zaki al-KhatibSyrian politician (1887–1961)
- Zaki HarariEgyptian basketball player (born 1926)
- Zaki NusseibehPresidential advisor and interpreter, Palestinian journalistborn 1946
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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