Kabir
loc · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kabir is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Bangladesh than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic kabir ‘splendid’, ‘magnificent’.
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 407(inferred from the name graph)
- KWKuwait≈1 in 5.9K
- OMOman≈1 in 5.9K
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.
- Bangladesh (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 221 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 407 (inferred from the name graph)
≈400,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Bangladesh, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Kobir in BD Bangladesh, US United States, MY Malaysia and 1 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a personal name based on Arabic kabir ‘splendid’, ‘magnificent’. Al-Kabir ‘the Magnificent’ is an attribute of Allah.
Sources 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kabir 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BD Bangladesh | #103 | ≈400,000 est. | ≈1 in 407 | listed | Kobir | 157 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | ≈2,900 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Kabir | 33 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 96K | — | Kabir | 61 |
| US United States | — | 1,978 | 1 in 168K | 3.2K | Kobir | 221 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈1,500 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Kobir | 23 |
| OM Oman | — | ≈790 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Kabir | 11 |
| SG Singapore | — | ≈530 est. | ≈1 in 12K | — | Kobir | 18 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈510 est. | ≈1 in 5.9K | — | Kabir | 16 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈360 est. | ≈1 in 6.9K | — | Kabir | 14 |
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: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Kabir is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, ‘great, الكبير’; also appears as Kabiri, Kabura and Kaburu.
as a nameAfrican Muslim Names
In Hindi, name of a Hindu mystic
as a nameA Genealogists Guide to Indian Names A Reference for First Names from India
great; glorious
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
noble; senior
as a nameMuslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
Grandioso
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kabirb. 1440IN15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint
- Savita Ambedkarb. 1909INnot in their usual namewife of Babasaheb Ambedkar, doctor and social activist (1909-2003)
- Kabir Bedib. 1946INIndian actor (1946-)
- Altamas Kabirb. 1948IN39th Chief Justice of India (1948–2017)
- Kabir Sumanb. 1949INBengali singer
- Fazle Kabirb. 1955BDGovernor of Bangladesh Bank
- Mawlawi Abdul Kabirb. 1958AFacting prime minister of Afghanistan since 2023
- Kabir Khanb. 1971INIndian film director and screenwriter
- Kabir Sadanandb. 1972INIndian film director and actor
- Kabir Smajićb. 1977BABosnian footballer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 83 sources across 41 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.6K | #6,297 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 227 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 6 | #6,297 |
Reference works 9
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Kabir come from?
- from a personal name based on Arabic kabir ‘splendid’, ‘magnificent’. Al-Kabir ‘the Magnificent’ is an attribute of Allah. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
- In which country does Kabir have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 399 thousand people named Kabir in Bangladesh, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kobir.
- What does the name Kabir mean?
- Recorded meaning: from a personal name based on Arabic kabir ‘splendid’, ‘magnificent’.
- How common is the name Kabir?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,978 people named Kabir in 2010, about 1 in 168 thousand residents.
- How common is Kabir compared with other names?
- In Bangladesh, Kabir is the 103rd most common surname of 12,312 surnames recorded there.
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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, “Kabir” — the 103rd most common surname in Bangladesh. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.