Hudhayfa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-THAY-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Hudhayfa is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Hudhayfa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hudhayfah
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, was known as the keeper of his secrets.
Meaning borrowed from Hudhayfah.
Is Hudhayfa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hudhayfa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hudhayfa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Hudhayfa, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Hudhayfa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,747 for this spelling alone.
- Hudhayfah 6
- Hudhayfa 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Hudhayfa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
Names like Hudhayfa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Huzaifa, Muhammad, Mustafa, Hamza, Musa, Abdullah, Zayd, Umar, Khalifa, Zayaan, Amir, Ibrahim
Other spellings of Hudhayfa
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Hudhayfa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hudhayfa, updated 20 October 2026.