Zuri: meaning and UK use

What does Zuri mean?

The cited specialist dictionary records Zuri as a Swahili name meaning beautiful. We have not added a pronunciation guide where that source does not provide one.

Language or name family covered

Swahili

Meaning or derivation

Beautiful

Our browsing group

girl; international, modern

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Zuri

Pronunciation and related forms

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How popular is Zuri?

In 2025, 61 baby girls in England and Wales were registered as Zuri, making it the 634th most popular girls’ name. That is up 4 places on 2024, when it ranked 638th. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it ranked 2070th, so it has climbed 1,436 places in a decade. Its best year in the ONS series was 2021, at 478th. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (girls)

634th

2025 registrations

61

Best rank in this series

478th (2021)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Zuri: rank and number of baby girls by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	634	61
2024	638	61
2023	485	82
2022	509	78
2021	478	88
2020	537	74
2019	980	36
2018	1083	32
2017	1371	24
2016	1172	29
2015	2070	13
2014	1966	14
2013	2062	13
2012	2969	8
2011	1903	14
2010	3533	6
2009	3031	7
2008	5545	3
2007	4294	4
2006	—	Not published
2005	—	Not published
2004	—	Not published
2003	—	Not published
2002	—	Not published
2001	—	Not published
2000	—	Not published
1999	—	Not published
1998	—	Not published
1997	—	Not published
1996	—	Not published

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 girls series is 647. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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Names to compare with Zuri

These suggestions share a browsing group and one or more of our style tags or source-context labels. They are taste comparisons, not etymological relatives or a popularity ranking.

• Amarainternational, modern · Grace
• Ariamodern, international · Song or melody; literally air
• Diyainternational, modern · Lamp or light
• Freyamodern, international · Lady
• Mayainternational, modern · Meaning depends on the language
• Miamodern, international · A short form of Maria

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