- Meaning
- Clear, evident
- Arabic
- ظاهر
- Say it
- ZAA-hir
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Babur, founder of the Mughal empire, whose name was Zahir al-Din Muhammad
Other spellings
Zaher, Dhahir
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Questions about Zahir
What does Zahir mean?
Zahir means: Clear, evident.
Is Zahir in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Zahir a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Zahir is a boy’s name.
How do you write Zahir in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Zahir is written ظاهر.