Yahir

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Yahir is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name3.8K records spelled Yahir7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Puerto Rico, Spain

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Yähîr, Yähïr, Yahír

• a separate given name199 records spelled Yahir2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India

  Also written Yahír

• Hebrew given name65 records spelled Yahir2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Malaysia, Peru

  Also written יהיר

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Yahir is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, Alternative form of Jair.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 41 years between 1967–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 249 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Yahir?

We estimate roughly 9.4 thousand people bear Yahir (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Yahir have the most bearers?

Yahir is most frequently recorded in Mexico, where it is most often spelled yahir.

How common is Yahir compared with other names?

In Mexico, Yahir is the 708th most common given name of 191,605 given names recorded there.

Is Yahir a male or female name?

Yahir is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Yahir mean?

Recorded meaning: Transliteration of Hebrew יַאִיר, meaning "he will light up".