Khairy
Khairy is an Arab-based given name and surname. Notable persons with the name or surname include:
Meaning & Origin of Khairy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Khairy is an Arab-based given name and surname. Notable persons with the name or surname include:
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The Story of Khairy
Khairy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1991, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1991, when 5 Khairys were born — ranking #8,237 that year. As of 2026, Khairy ranks #8,237 for baby boys with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 5 Khairys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Khairy
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Khairy Beshara (born 1947), Egyptian film director
- Khairy Hirzalla , Jordanian painter
- Khairy Jamaluddin (born 1976), commonly known as KJ, Malaysian politician and government minister
- Sheikh Khairy Khedr (????-2014), Founder and commander of the Yezidi militia Malik Al-Tawus, which later became known as the Sinjar Resistance
- Khairy Shalaby (1938-2011), Egyptian novelist and writer
- Khairy Alzahaby (born 1946), Syrian novelist and thinker, historian and columnist and scenarist
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Names that sound like Khairy
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About the name Khairy
Khairy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Khairy's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #8,237. Use the chart and map above to compare Khairy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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