The baby name Akar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AH-kar,uh-KAHR,/ˈɑːkɑr/,/əˈkɑr/.
Akar is Arabic, Indian, Indonesian, Malay, Sanskrit, Turkish in Origin.
The baby name Akar is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced AH-kar,uh-KAHR,/ˈɑːkɑr/,/əˈkɑr/.
Akar is Arabic, Indian, Indonesian, Malay, Sanskrit, Turkish in Origin.
Akar is a cross-cultural name with roots in South and Southeast Asia and Turkey. In Sanskrit, ākāra (आकार) means “shape, form, appearance,” while ākara (आकर) denotes “mine, source, repository”; modern Indic use (Hindi, Nepali, Marathi) folds these into the given name Akar/Aakar, evoking both “form” and “origin.” In Indonesian and Malay, akar means “root,” adding an earthy sense of foundation and resilience.
As a given name, Akar has gained currency in India and Nepal during late‑20th‑century revivals of abstract Sanskrit nouns, and appears in Indonesia/Malaysia as a nature‑word choice; in Turkish, akar means “it flows” and also “revenue‑bearing property,” commonly seen as a surname and occasionally a masculine first name. Variants include Aakar, Akaar, and Ākar; related forms such as Akarsh/Akarsha share the Sanskrit root of attraction. Overall meanings converge on “form, source, root, and flow,” symbolizing beginnings, structure, and continuity.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| IQ | 0 | #111 | 19 | 3,533 | |
| BN | Girls | 0 | #114 | 1 | 5,459 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #138 | 2 | 6,332 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #153 | 1,360 | 13,071 |
| Sweden | Boys | 2011 | #181 | 2 | 1,347 |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| PS | 0 | #226 | 1 | 5,692 | |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| MO | Girls | 0 | #263 | 1 | 7,056 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| SA | 0 | #312 | 1 | 10,560 | |
| DK | Boys | 0 | #331 | 2 | 7,401 |
| JO | Girls | 0 | #339 | 1 | 7,570 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| JO | Boys | 0 | #389 | 1 | 7,057 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #392 | 113 | 11,303 |
| EG | 0 | #412 | 1 | 6,387 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #466 | 1 | 10,523 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #525 | 2 | 12,621 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| IR | Boys | 0 | #562 | 4 | 10,162 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| BD | Boys | 0 | #603 | 3 | 10,045 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #649 | 2 | 16,104 |
| Finland | Boys | 2026 | #677 | 6 | 3,552 |
| LB | 0 | #683 | 8 | 13,263 | |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #736 | 4 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #743 | 1 | 18,093 |
| SY | 0 | #761 | 7 | 11,684 | |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #803 | 4 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #824 | 3 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #862 | 4 | 13,765 | |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #923 | 3 | 15,035 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #937 | 16 | 5,697 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| TR | 0 | #1,034 | 178 | 19,440 | |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,035 | 5 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,064 | 9 | 24,821 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,066 | 46 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,115 | 14 | 20,986 | |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 6 | 22,615 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,159 | 18 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,595 | 20 | 28,008 |
Akar is popular in 40 countries — most recent births per country:
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