Zurab

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Зураб in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 4 more and Зураби in AZ Azerbaijan, UZ Uzbekistan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 9 languages 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◐

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

• Bulgarian given name36 records spelled Zurab9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Bulgaria

  Also written Зураб, Zürab

• Armenian given name27 records spelled Zurab2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Armenia

  Also written Զուրաբ

• Kazakh given name22 records spelled Zurab6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Russia, United States

  Languages: Kazakh, Kyrgyz

  Also written Зураб

29 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.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 12 years between 2009–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Zourab Tseretelib. 1934GEnot in their usual nameGeorgian painter, sculptor, and architect
• Zurab Kapianidzeb. 1937GEGeorgian actor and politician (1937-2011)
• Zurab Azmaiparashvilib. 1960GEGeorgian chess player
• Zurab Zhvaniab. 1963GEPrime Minister of Georgia (1963-2005)
• Zurab Nogaidelib. 1964GEPrime Minister of Georgia (2.2005-11.2007)
• Zurab Japaridzeb. 1976GEGeorgian politician
• Zurab Pololikashvilib. 1977GEGeorgian politician and diplomat
• Zurab Khizanishvilib. 1981GEGeorgian footballer (born 1981)
• Zurab Zviadaurib. 1981GEGeorgian judoka
• Zurabi Datunashvilib. 1991GEnot in their usual nameOlympic wrestler

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 47 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Zurab?

We estimate roughly 30 thousand people bear Zurab (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Zurab have the most bearers?

Zurab is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled зураб.

Where is Zurab most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Zurab is densest in Georgia — about 1 in 139 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Zurab compared with other names?

In Russia, Zurab is the 487th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Zurab a male or female name?

Zurab 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.