Harnoor
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- har-NOOR
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,115 for girls
Unisex
Harnoor is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “light of God”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 6,115th for girls in the US (19 babies).
What does Harnoor mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: Har + noor, from Arabic nur
“light of God”
Combines Har, God, with noor, light, a word borrowed from Arabic.
Is Harnoor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Harnoor has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls and 11 boys in the UK and 19 girls in the US.
How popular is Harnoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Harnoor, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. 11 boys were also named Harnoor in 2025 (2,202nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Harnoor in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 63% of the babies named Harnoor in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Harnoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,798 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
How popular is Harnoor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,115among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 85,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the US were named Harnoor, making it the 6,115th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2012, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more girls named Harnoor than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Harnoor in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2016, 67% of the babies named Harnoor in the US were girls.
Harnoor in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #6,115 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 20 | #6,184 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
Names like Harnoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurnoor Prisha Saanvi Gurnaaz Avneet Gursanjh Arya Avnoor Anvi Aadhya Khivi Gurmehar
More Punjabi names
Asees Gurbaaz Nirvair Gurfateh Jind Baani Akaal Gurnawab Jujhar Ajooni Mannat Ekam Gurniwaz Avleen Anhad Harleen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Harnoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harnoor, updated 20 October 2026.