| [ 2 syll. (s)ha-kir, sh-ak-ir ] The boy name Shakir is pronounced as SHAEKihR KEY. Shakir's origin, as well as its use, is in the Arabic language. Derived literally from the element 'shakir' which means thankful. The name Shakira (Arabic) is the female form of Shakir. Shakir is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Shakir include Sawyer (English), Shura (Russian), Siro (Italian), Caesar (English), Ceri (Welsh), Cesar (German), Cezar (Polish, Portuguese, and Romanian), César (French, Portuguese, and Spanish), Ciro (Italian and Spanish), Sachairi (Scottish), and Sakari (Finnish). KEY: English pronunciation for Shakir: SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"
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