Zamir

What Zamir means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Zamir yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Zamir?

US: Rising: up from #1042 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 381 boys got the name (#697 that year). First in the US records in 1987.

How common

• About 1 in 5,223 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 54,387 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), GA (0.58 per 1,000 boys), FL (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Zamir is #778 in the US and #3684 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zamir were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Samir434 US · 36 E&W
• Zymir249 US
• Samar60 US · 18 E&W
• Symir60 US
• Zahmir48 US
• Zymeir32 US
• Xamir26 US
• Zymire25 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zamir

Boys

• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Tatum#202Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #585 in 2015, #202 in 2025

For a sister

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Dahlia#215Editor’s note Up from #412 in 2015 to #215 in 2025 in the US
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zamir’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.