Given name & surname

Zavi

Zavi is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Zavi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

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

Zavi through the years

Babies since 1880
101
96 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
2023
22 babies
2025
16
#5,853 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+100%
Rising fast
Boys Girls
0510152025Highest share 2023Boys 9.4Girls 0.0
Zavi in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2012–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,853 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Zavi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Zad

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Zunair

11Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Aazir

16Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Indian · Modern

Hari

“resembling a lion”

24RareRising

95% boys · 5% girls

Modern

Amael

19Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Khmari

24RareRising fast

92% boys · 8% girls

Modern

Avyon

12Very rareSteady

>99% boys

Modern

Zymair

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zavi’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.