Shaakir

given name · Latin script

Meaning: grateful

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ʃeækɪɹ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Shaakir is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • GYGuyana1 in 375K(measured from records)
  • ZASouth Africa≈1 in 394K
  • MYMalaysia≈1 in 2.7M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

South Africa (inferred from the name graph)

≈140 people, est.

Sources
48 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 375K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

grateful

Sources 1

  • African Muslim Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Shaakir counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Shaakir is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ZA South Africa≈140 est.≈1 in 394K—Shaakir14
US United States≈41 est.≈1 in 8.1M5Shaakir48
MY Malaysia≈12 est.≈1 in 2.7M—Shaakir4
GB United Kingdom≈7 est.≈1 in 8.9M—Shaakir15
AU Australia≈6 est.≈1 in 4.5M—Shaakir10
GY Guyana21 in 375K2—1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Shaakir is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hindi given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, South Africa, United Kingdom, Pakistan

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

  • Bangla given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Malaysia, South Africa, United States

30 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.

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Shaakir,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Shaakir
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20215—
GY GuyanaGuyana — Official List of Electors July 202520252#592

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Shaakir mean, and where does it come from?
grateful Recorded by African Muslim Names.
How do you pronounce Shaakir?
A machine transcription gives /ʃeækɪɹ/ (IPA) for English.
Is Shaakir a male or female name?
Shaakir 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.
In which country does Shaakir have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 143 people named Shaakir in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shaakir.
Where is Shaakir most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Shaakir is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 375 thousand people — even though South Africa holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Shaakir?
In Guyana, the national register counted 2 people named Shaakir in 2025, about 1 in 375 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shaakir”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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