Huzayfa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- hu-ZAY-fa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Huzayfa is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Huzayfa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Huzayfah, itself a variant of Hudhayfa
Variant of Hudhayfa, the name of Hudhayfa ibn al-Yaman, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.
Meaning borrowed from Huzayfah.
Is Huzayfa a girl's or a boy's name?
Huzayfa 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 Huzayfa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Huzayfa, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
In 2025, 135 boys in the UK were given Huzayfa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #363, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Huzayfa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Names like Huzayfa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Muhammad, Mustafa, Musa, Abdullah, Umar, Ahmed, Zayd, Khalifa, Ibrahim, Zayaan, Khalid
Other spellings of Huzayfa
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, “Huzayfa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/huzayfa, updated 20 October 2026.