Noorain
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- noo-RAYN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Noorain is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “two lights”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Noorain mean?
Arabic: Arabic dual of nur 'light'
“two lights”
Caliph Uthman was called Dhu al-Nurayn, 'possessor of the two lights', for marrying two of the Prophet's daughters.
Is Noorain a girl's or a boy's name?
Noorain is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Noorain in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Noorain, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Noorain of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Noorain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
Nicknames for Noorain
- Noor 287 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Noorain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Nusaybah, Safa, Amal, Hafsa, Hiba, Rehmat, Zainab, Rahma, Ayzal, Noura, Noor
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, “Noorain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/noorain, updated 20 October 2026.