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This name seems to have indeed been used by enslaved women in Louisiana: http://www.mylhcv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/1777-Census-Slave-Schedules-June-2017-1.pdf
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The use of this as a given name in the modern United States probably has very little to do with the literary character but is instead a use of the African place name. Zaire was the official name of the large nation in the middle of Africa that is now once again "Democratic Republic of the Congo" between 1971 and 1997. The geographic name is derived from a Portuguese name for the Congo River, which itself was derived from the Kikongo word "nzere". The name is predominantly African-American in usage, like the use of other African place names such as Kenya. [noted -ed]
There has also evidently been some confusion in the African-American community between Zaire and Arabic names like Zaahir and Zahir, leading to a variety of forms that seem to be intermediate between them, like Zyhir, Zyair, Zaheer, Zyeir, etc.
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There has also evidently been some confusion in the African-American community between Zaire and Arabic names like Zaahir and Zahir, leading to a variety of forms that seem to be intermediate between them, like Zyhir, Zyair, Zaheer, Zyeir, etc.
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I love Zaire on a girl. Why did 28 percent vote it as masculine when it was a female name since the 1700s. Zaire Beatrice is what I would use.
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The name Zaire was given to 302 boys born in the US in 2016.
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The more popular pronunciation that is being used among American boys today is zye-EER.
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From 1971 to1997 this was the name of the country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The name Zaire was given to 41 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
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I believe it's pronounced "tsah-IHR".
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"Zaire" is derived from the Portuguese word "Zaire", which is an adaptation of the Kongo word "nzere" or "nzadi," which mean "the river that swallows all rivers."
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