Hiranur
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hee-ra-NOOR
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Hiranur is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “light of Hira”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Hiranur mean?
Arabic: Turkish compound of Hira and nur 'light'
“light of Hira”
Hira is the cave near Mecca where the Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation.
Is Hiranur a girl's or a boy's name?
Hiranur is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hiranur in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Hiranur, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Hiranur than any year since 2017.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Hiranur in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
Nicknames for Hiranur
- Hira 42 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Hiranur
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Haniya, Zainab, Khadija, Amira, Aaliyah, Hafsa, Safa, Anaya, Inaya, Nusaybah, Hadiya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Hiranur: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hiranur, updated 20 October 2026.