Hunain
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-NAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
Hunain is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies).
What does Hunain mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hunayn
Hunayn ibn Ishaq was a 9th-century scholar famous for translating Greek medical works into Arabic.
Is Hunain a girl's or a boy's name?
Hunain is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hunain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Hunain, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Hunain of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Hunain in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Hunain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Hunain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Hussain, Amir, Hakeem, Muhammad, Umar, Huzaifa, Zayaan, Khalid, Zayan, Yazan, Zayyan
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, “Hunain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hunain, updated 20 October 2026.