Huriya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hoo-REE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Huriya is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
Where does Huriya come from?
Arabic: perhaps from hur, the maidens of paradise, or hurriya 'freedom'
Is Huriya a girl's or a boy's name?
Huriya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Huriya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Huriya, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Huriya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Huriya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
Names like Huriya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Safiya, Amira, Abeeha, Khadija, Zainab, Hadiya, Nusaybah, Huda, Ayah
Names related to Huriya
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Huriya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huriya, updated 20 October 2026.