Mahfuz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mah-FOOZ
- Origin
- Arabic
Mahfuz is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protected”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Mahfuz mean?
Arabic: from mahfuz
“protected”
Variant of the surname Mahfouz, best known from the Egyptian Nobel Prize-winning novelist Naguib Mahfouz.
Is Mahfuz a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahfuz is a boys' name.
How popular is Mahfuz in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Mahfuz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Mahfuz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Mahfuz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan, Hamza, Asad, Qasim, Saif, Murat, Usman, Bilal, Muaz, Fahad, Habib, Azeem
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, “Mahfuz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahfuz, updated 20 October 2026.