Zakir
A Hebrew name meaning "one who remembers god," also carried in Arabic. In Poland it stays genuinely rare: around 91 men hold it, and no boys have been given Zakir in recent years.
Zakir Pronunciation
Zakir is pronounced ZAH-keer (/ˈzakir/).
What Zakir means
Where Zakir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zakir grows from a Semitic root for remembering, z-k-r, shared by Hebrew and Arabic. In Hebrew the verb zakhar means to remember. The name found its widest use in Arabic-speaking Muslim communities, where a zakir is the one who remembers God. Its short meaning is exactly that.
The word sits beside dhikr, the Muslim practice of reciting and recalling the names of God. A zakir performs that remembrance. The same root produced Zakariyya, the Zechariah of Hebrew scripture, and the father of John the Baptist in both traditions.
On a Polish class register, Zakir stands apart from the Kubas and Piotrs around it. The name brings no Polish imieniny, no diminutive, no cross-gender twin. What it brings instead is its plain sense, pamiętający boga, one who remembers God.
How many people are named Zakir
1 in 234573 men in Poland is named Zakir. 91 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3689 among male names.
Zakir as a middle name
Zakir is a first name for 91 men in Poland and a middle name for another 4, a 96/4 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 5896th, between Zakarya (4) and Zdravko (4).
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#5894 Zaheer4
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#5895 Zakarya4
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#5896 Zakir4
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#5897 Zdravko4
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#5898 Zenobi4