Huraira
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoo-RAY-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Huraira is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “kitten”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Huraira mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hurairah; from Abu Hurayrah, diminutive of hirr, cat
“kitten”
Abu Hurayrah, meaning father of the kitten, was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and a prolific narrator of hadith.
Meaning borrowed from Hurairah.
Is Huraira a girl's or a boy's name?
Huraira is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huraira in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Huraira, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2015, with 3 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Huraira in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
Names like Huraira
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Huzaifa, Hamza, Mustafa, Muhammad, Khalifa, Humza, Abdullah, Musa, Hammad, Habib, Haseeb, Hamid
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, 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, “Huraira: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huraira, updated 20 October 2026.