Zamir

Meaning: Heart, conscience
Origin: Arabic

Meaning: Nightingale
Origin: Hebrew — From the word zamir

Meaning: Good voice
Origin: Albanian

Boy's name · #780 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Zamir is near its high-water mark: it reached #698 in 2023 and still ranked #780 in 2025. About 4,300 boys have carried it since 1987.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#430 in Ecuador (2025) · #3,561 in Austria (2025) · #3,684 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,710 in Canada (2024) · #6,996 in France (2023) · #1,028 in Poland (2022) · #2,034 in Sweden (2012).

Famous Zamirs

Zamir White — American football player (born 1999)
Zamir Gotta — Russian film producer
Zamir Kabulov — Russian diplomat (born 1954)
Zamir Jafri — Pakistani poet (1916–1999)
Zamir Khan — Afghan cricketer (born 1992)

What Zamirs become

Among 32 notable people named Zamir:

Artists & writers appear 1.87× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zamir Niazi, Pakistani journalist (1932–2004).

Similar names: Samir · Jesiah · Samar · Ezrah · Ameer · Salem

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