Elaaf
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LAHF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
Elaaf is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “security, familiarity”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies).
What does Elaaf mean?
Arabic: spelling of Elaf; from Arabic ilaf
“security, familiarity”
The word ilaf opens Surah Quraysh in the Qur'an, referring to the protected trade journeys of the Quraysh.
Meaning borrowed from Elaf.
Is Elaaf a girl's or a boy's name?
Elaaf is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elaaf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,206th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 767% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Elaaf, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Elaaf of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Elaaf or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Elaf 31
- Elaaf 13
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Elaaf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
Names like Elaaf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Hafsa, Hiba, Ayah, Nusaybah, Rahma, Rahaf, Safaa, Abeeha, Rabab, Huda
Other spellings of Elaaf
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elaaf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elaaf, updated 20 October 2026.