What does the name Kabir mean?

Kabir means "Great, the Almighty". It is a boy's name of Arabic origin.

Kabir

Kabir means Great, the Almighty.

Gender	boy
Origin	Arabic
Language	Multi-regional
Starts with	K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Great, the Almighty”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Mahi — Earth, the great
Virat — Enormous, vast, great
Gourab — Glory, pride, honor; great achievement
Kabeer — Great, mighty
Shivaji — Devotee of Lord Shiva, the great Maratha king
Harjinder — God is great, lord of God

More boys' names of Arabic origin

Ayaan — Gift of God, speed
Zain — Beauty, grace
Rayan — Gate to paradise, soft wind
Zayn — Beauty, grace, elegance
Rehan — Fragrant herb, sweet basil
Reyaan — Flower in paradise

Where this comes from

Kabir has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.