Hurrem
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- hur-REM
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Hurrem is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “joyful, cheerful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Hurrem mean?
Persian: Turkish form of Persian khurram
“joyful, cheerful”
Hurrem Sultan, also known as Roxelana, was the influential wife of the Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
Is Hurrem a girl's or a boy's name?
Hurrem 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 Hurrem in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Hurrem, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Hurrem in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
Names like Hurrem
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hafsa, Hiba, Safa, Ayah, Ayzal, Zainab, Hawa, Huda, Nusaybah, Rehmat, Halima, Reem
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Hurrem: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hurrem, updated 20 October 2026.