Hanzalah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HAN-zuh-lah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Hanzalah is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “colocynth, bitter gourd”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Hanzalah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hanzala
“colocynth, bitter gourd”
Hanzala ibn Abi Amir, a companion killed at the Battle of Uhud, is remembered as 'the one washed by the angels'.
Is Hanzalah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hanzalah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hanzalah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Hanzalah, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 18 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Hanzalah than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Hanzalah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Hanzalah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,433 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 11 | #1,701 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
Names like Hanzalah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Mustafa, Ahmed, Ibrahim, Huzaifa, Musa, Zayan, Zayd, Zayaan, Abdallah, Abdulrahman
Names related to Hanzalah
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Hanzalah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hanzalah, updated 20 October 2026.