Haneefah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-NEE-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Haneefah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “true, upright in faith”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Haneefah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Hanif
“true, upright in faith”
The Qur'an calls Abraham a hanif, one who turned away from idols to the one true God.
Is Haneefah a girl's or a boy's name?
Haneefah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haneefah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 533% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Haneefah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haneefah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were given Haneefah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,110, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Haneefah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Haneefah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Umaymah Umamah Aakifah Hibah Azeemah Farah Musfirah Ruqayyah Sumayyah Habiba Aaminah Rufaidah
Other spellings of Haneefah
Names related to Haneefah
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, “Haneefah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haneefah, updated 20 October 2026.