Azhar is a boy's name of Indian origin meaning “shining, radiant.” In 2024 it was given to 20 boys in the United States.
Azhar at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Hindu & Indian
Meaning
“shining, radiant”
About the name Azhar
Azhar belongs to the Hindu & Indian tradition. Its meaning — “shining, radiant” — is the sense carried by its Indian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Azhar first appears in Social Security records in 1979. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #4720 in 2022, and in 2024 20 babies received the name — 289 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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