MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sabir mean?
Ṣābir is an Arabic participle from the root of ṣabr, patience. Sabira is its feminine name counterpart, sharing the same lexical base.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Arabic
صابر
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
साबिर
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sabir in Indian usage
83,321 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (96.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 2,659 records (3.2%).
- Recorded as male: 80,662 records (96.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 629 |
| 1940s | 2,762 |
| 1950s | 6,983 |
| 1960s | 12,953 |
| 1970s | 18,014 |
| 1980s | 24,929 |
| 1990s | 16,889 |
| Other decades | 162 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 34,081 |
| Bihar | 12,488 |
| Rajasthan | 9,491 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 6,850 |
| Maharashtra | 4,341 |
| Jharkhand | 3,985 |
| Haryana | 3,487 |
| Kerala | 2,983 |
| Delhi | 1,851 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,205 |
| Assam | 539 |
| Punjab | 469 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 449 |
| Odisha | 434 |
| Tripura | 145 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 137 |
| Manipur | 116 |
| Other states | 270 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sabir / M | 11 | 2,133 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sabir; Table_6, C2256 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sabir; Table_6, C2256
- Wiktionary: صابر ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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