Likely a variant of Khairi or Kheiry, from Arabic roots meaning good or charitable.
Khiry is rooted in the Arabic khayr (خير), meaning "goodness," "charity," "beneficence," or "that which is good" — one of the most positively charged words in classical Arabic and Islamic theology. The name Khairy or Khayri, meaning "benevolent one" or "charitable," has been used across the Arab world, North Africa, and among Muslim communities globally for centuries. In its anglicized American form, Khiry strips the name to its phonetic essence and gives it a contemporary, distinctive orthography that signals both heritage and modernity.
In the United States, Khiry gained its highest public profile through Khiry Robinson (1989–2015), the New Orleans Saints running back whose career was marked by remarkable promise and whose death in a car accident at age twenty-five prompted widespread mourning. His presence in the NFL gave the name sports-world visibility and etched it into the consciousness of football communities, particularly in African American naming culture where Arabic-root names have been embraced since the Black consciousness movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The spelling with "Kh" is significant: it preserves the Arabic phoneme that English orthography otherwise struggles to represent, a soft aspirated consonant absent from native English.
Parents who choose this spelling are making a quiet declaration of cultural literacy and pride. Khiry sits in the company of Khalil, Khalid, and Khaled — names that announce their heritage while moving comfortably through American life. Its two syllables are clean and strong, and the name ages well from playground to boardroom.