Zuri

Where Zuri comes from

Borrowed from Swahili zuri (“good”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zuri
  • Swahili
  • Vowel-ended
Zuri through the years
  1. 1970
    Zuri Lawrence born
    American boxer
  2. 1971
    First appearance
    #8,324 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1986
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1988
    Zuri Hall born
    American entertainment reporter and actress
  5. 2022
    Peak, #194
    1,523 babies named Zuri, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name from Swahili, of modern African American usage
Namesakes
  • Zuri Hall · American entertainment reporter and actress, born 1988
  • Zuri Lawrence · American boxer, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.