Zokir
The name carries the sense "one who remembers god". Fewer than three dozen men in Poland hold it, all of them men, so most Poles will never meet a single one.
Zokir Pronunciation
Zokir is pronounced ZO-keer (/ˈzɔkir/).
What Zokir means
Where Zokir comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Zokir traces to the Arabic root dh-k-r, the root of remembrance. Its classical form is Dhakir, ذاكر, a person who keeps dhikr, the remembrance of God. In the Quran, sura 33 verse 35 names men who remember God often, al-dhakirina Llaha kathiran. Zokir is how that word settled into Uzbek and Tajik speech, softened at the front. The short meaning holds steady: one who remembers god.
The origin sits outside Slavic ground. Zokir reached Polish registers through Arabic and Central Asian contact, not from any local root. Its cultural home is Arabic devotion.
On a school class register, Zokir stands among the Jakubs and Aleksandrs as a name from far off, its sense legible mainly to those who know the root. No Polish diminutive shortens it. No imieniny claims it. Called by his name, a Zokir answers to one who remembers god.
How many people are named Zokir
1 in 688587 men in Poland is named Zokir. 31 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7415 among male names.