Fun Facts About the Name Zaair
- 12 babies named Zaair: U.S. records list 12 babies given the name Zaair from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zaair Mean?
Zaair is an Arabic name meaning "visitor." It comes from the Arabic word zāʾir (زائر), the active participle of the verb zāra (زار), "to visit." The related noun ziyāra (زيارة) means a visit and is especially used for the visitation of a shrine or tomb.
In religious usage, a zāʾir can be a pilgrim - someone visiting a holy place - so "pilgrim" is a customary contextual sense rather than a separate etymology.
Zaair Name History & Origins
The name is used directly as a personal name rather than as a shortened form of a longer name. In Arabic script it is written زائر. The Latin-script form Zaair is one of several transliterations; the same Arabic name is also written Za'ir and Zair.
Its use as a given name follows Arabic naming practice, in which words with clear meanings, including religious terms, are adopted as names. It is found in Arabic-speaking countries and among Muslim communities in South Asia and the South Asian diaspora. The spelling with aa is an English convention for the long Arabic vowel, while the apostrophe in Za'ir marks the hamza (glottal stop).
It is distinct from the similar-looking names Zahir and Zaheer, which come from a different Arabic root.
How Popular is the Name Zaair?
Zaair 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 2018. Its best rank was #10,725 in 2018.
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 | #13,871 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #10,725 | 7 | 0.0004% |
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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How the Name Zaair Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You have aspiration and inspiration, hope and guidance. Since you are intuitive and perceptive and you understand human nature. You have the power to achieve. Diplomacy and discretion make you a good mediator. You are inspired, introspective, and have a good understanding of the human heart. You can have the ability to commercialize your artistic talents successfully. You are often a mystery to others and to yourself. You are always reaching for something higher, without exactly knowing what that "higher" is. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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