Huzaif
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hoo-ZAYF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Huzaif is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Huzaif mean?
Arabic: short form of Huzaifa (Hudhayfah)
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad, known as the keeper of his secrets.
Is Huzaif a girl's or a boy's name?
Huzaif 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 Huzaif in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 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, 6 boys in the UK were named Huzaif, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Huzaif of any year since it first appeared, in 2019.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Huzaif in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
Names like Huzaif
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Hammad, Saif, Habib, Muhammad, Haseeb, Hamid, Ahmed, Fahad, Musab, Abdur, Zahir
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, “Huzaif: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huzaif, updated 20 October 2026.