| The boy name Zahir [ syll. za-hir, zah-ir ] is pronounced as ZahHHIHR KEY. Zahir is largely used in the Arabic, Swahili, and Turkish languages, and it is derived from Arabic origins. Derived literally from the element 'zahir' meaning apparent, manifest, bright. The name Az-Zahir was borne as one of the many of names of Allah in the Quran, of the meaning 'The Manifest'. The name Zahira (Arabic) is the female equivalent of Zahir. Zahir is a rarely used baby name for boys. It is listed outside of the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Zahir include Zachary (English), Zacharie (French), Zachery (English), Zackary (English), Zackery (English), Zakary (English), Zaccaria (Italian), Zachariah (English and Hebrew), and Zechariah (English and Hebrew). KEY: approx English pronunciation for Zahir: Z as in "zee (Z.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)"
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