Zahir is an Arabic name that means "shining", "radiant" or "evident". Az-Zahir, the Manifest, is one of the 99 names of God in Islam, and the name has been used by Muslim families from North Africa to South Asia for centuries. In the United States Zahir entered the top 1000 in 2017 and has risen every year since, reaching number 738 in 2025, its best rank so far.