Khurram
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHOO-rum
- Origin
- Persian
Khurram is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “happy, cheerful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Khurram mean?
Persian: spelling of Khuram; Persian khurram
“happy, cheerful”
From Persian khurram, meaning happy or cheerful; Khurram was the birth name of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
Meaning borrowed from Khuram.
Is Khurram a girl's or a boy's name?
Khurram is a boys' name.
How popular is Khurram in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Khurram in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khurram in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Khurram
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Qasim Azeem Usman Hassan Naeem Asad Saif Habib Hamza Salim Haseeb Fahad
Names related to Khurram
More Persian names
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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, “Khurram: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khurram, updated 20 October 2026.