What does the name Kabir mean?

Q: What does the name Kabir mean?

Kabir means "Meanings families give: Great, powerful; Great, powerful and the all-mighty divine; Great, the Almighty". It is a boy's name of Arabic / Sanskrit origin.

Kabir

Kabir means Meanings families give: Great, powerful; Great, powerful and the all-mighty divine; Great, the Almighty.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Arabic / Sanskrit
Language	Hindi / Multi-regional
Starts with	K

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Meanings families give: Great, powerful; Great, powerful and the all-mighty divine; Great, the Almighty”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Vikrant — courageous, bold, strong, mighty, victorious (with , skilled in archery)
Baladev — Meanings families give: Mighty god, strong divine power, brother of Krishna; Lord Balabhadra, brother of Jagannath
Kabeer — Great, mighty
Vishal — great, important, powerful, mighty, illustrious, eminent
Balraj — Meanings families give: Strong king, powerful ruler and mighty sovereign; King of strength, powerful ruler
Balbir — Powerful hero, strong and mighty warrior

More boys' names of Arabic / Sanskrit origin

Ayaan — Meanings families give: Gift of God; God's gift; Gift of God, speed
Samar — Meanings families give: Battle, war; War, battle, a warrior who excels in combat; War, battle, fruit of heaven

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.