Given name & surname
Zubair
“one who is pure”
Zubair is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is pure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is pure.”
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 1982. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zubair through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 757
- 757 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 53
- #2,538 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +47%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 53 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,538 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 46.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Minnesota had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,137 as a first name in 2020; 988 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.
Zubair’s family of names
Zubair has a related form in Zubaer. Zubair has a related form in Zubaire. Zubair has a related form in Zubar.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zubair
- Zubayr ibn al-Awwamcompanion of Muhammad (594–656)
- Al-Zubayr Rahma MansurSlave trader and Sudanese governor1830–1913
- Al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-MuttalibUncle of Muhammad
- Al-Zubayr ibn BakkarLeading Arab Muslim historian and genealogist788–870
- Zubayr 'Ali Za'iPakistani Islamic scholar, preacher and theologian (1957–2013)
- Mohammed ZubairIndian journalist and fact-checkerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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