Given name & surname
Zeri
“fashioner”
Zeri is a surname. It is used in Italian.
Original Hebrewצרי
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Zeri means “fashioner.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Zeri is a biblical name from Hebrew.
From biblical name research
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb yasar (יצר), “to fashion or form.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2025. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Zeri appears in 1 Chronicles 25:11.
From biblical name research
Zeri through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 0 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #13,188 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,188 among girls’ 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.
Zeri’s family of names
In Greek usage, Zeri as a surname is a transliteration of Ζέρη.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 16
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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