Irum
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-rum
- Origin
- Arabic
Irum is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “paradise, heaven”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Irum mean?
Arabic: Urdu spelling of Iram
“paradise, heaven”
Variant of Iram, the legendary city of lofty pillars mentioned in the Quran and later imagined as a garden of paradise.
Is Irum a girl's or a boy's name?
Irum is a girls' name.
How popular is Irum in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Irum in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Irum in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Irum
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faiza, Ilham, Tasnim, Saba, Aysha, Salma, Hibah, Farah, Fatma, Samah, Safia, Habiba
Names related to Irum
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Irum: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/irum, updated 20 October 2026.