Hudhayfah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-THAY-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Hudhayfah is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Hudhayfah mean?
Arabic
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, a Companion of the Prophet Muhammad, was known as the keeper of his secrets.
Is Hudhayfah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hudhayfah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hudhayfah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Hudhayfah, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 20 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hudhayfah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were given Hudhayfah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,855, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Hudhayfah 6
- Hudhayfa 5
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Hudhayfah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
Names like Hudhayfah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Mustafa, Huzaifa, Musa, Zayd, Zayaan, Ibrahim, Zayan, Ahmed, Umar, Amir
Other spellings of Hudhayfah
Hudhayfa
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Hudhayfah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hudhayfah, updated 20 October 2026.