Fun Facts About the Name Jazirah
- 42 babies named Jazirah: U.S. records list 42 babies given the name Jazirah from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Jazirah Mean?
Jazirah is an Arabic feminine given name derived from the common noun jazīra (جَزِيرَة), meaning "island." The noun's final -ah corresponds to the Arabic feminine ending; English spellings use -ah or -a because the final Arabic letter, the tāʾ marbūṭa, is pronounced as a vowel in pause. The noun is related to the root j-z-r, whose basic sense involves cutting or cutting off; the island sense is commonly explained as land cut off by water. Arabic also uses jazīra for a peninsula - land nearly cut off by water - so "peninsula" is a related geographic sense, not a separate origin.
Jazirah Name History & Origins
The Arabic noun jazīra is an old geographic term. In classical Arabic it denotes an island, and it forms place names such as al-Jazīrah, the traditional name for Upper Mesopotamia, and Jazīrat al-ʿArab, the Arabian Peninsula. These are uses of the common noun; they show the word's geographic range but do not by themselves document the personal name. As a given name, Jazirah is a direct feminine use of the noun rather than a variant of an unrelated name. Its development is therefore mainly lexical: the Arabic word passes into naming use without a change of root or meaning. The spellings Jazirah and Jazeera represent the same Arabic word; Al Jazeera, the news organization's name, uses the noun with the definite article and is not a separate personal-name tradition.
How Popular is the Name Jazirah?
Jazirah has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #12,673 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,931 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2024 | #12,673 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #16,970 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #17,681 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #13,970 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2010 | #14,125 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #15,977 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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