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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Arabic : Grateful

How Popular Is The Name Shakir

Family name origins & meanings

  • Muslim : from a personal name based on Arabic shākir ‘grateful’, ‘thankful’. Al-Shākir (Ash-Shakir) ‘the All-Thankful’ is an attribute of Allah (see the Qur’an 2:158).

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