Fun Facts About the Name Zahri
- 21 babies named Zahri: U.S. records list 21 babies given the name Zahri from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zahri Mean?
Zahri is an Arabic name meaning "flower-like" or "floral." It comes from the noun zahr (زهر), "blossom" or "flower," plus the Arabic adjective suffix -ī. The name is written زهري in Arabic script. A possessive reading of the same letters, "my flower," is also possible, but it is a separate grammatical interpretation. Zahri is not the same as Zahir (ظاهر), "evident" or "clear," which comes from a different Arabic root.
Zahri Name History & Origins
Zahri is built on the Arabic root z-h-r, which also appears in the female name Zahra and in words connected with blossoming and brightness. It is a descriptive word name rather than a patronymic or dynastic name, and it is written زهري in Arabic. Zahri is a separate form, not a spelling of Zahra.
As a personal name it is used in Arabic-speaking countries and by Muslim families in South and Southeast Asia. English renderings vary because Arabic short vowels are usually not written: Zahri, Zahrī, and Zahry can represent the same Arabic form. The h in Zahri stands for the Arabic letter hāʾ in zahr.
How Popular is the Name Zahri?
Zahri 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 2024. Its best rank was #15,190 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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #15,190 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #17,448 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #17,933 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #19,521 | 5 | 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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How the Name Zahri 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.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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