Quratulain
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- koo-rat-ul-AYN
- Origin
- Arabic
Quratulain is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “delight of the eyes”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Quratulain mean?
Arabic: from qurrat al-ayn, a phrase meaning 'coolness of the eyes'
“delight of the eyes”
Qurratulain Hyder (1927-2007) wrote the Urdu novel Aag Ka Darya, later published in English as River of Fire.
Is Quratulain a girl's or a boy's name?
Quratulain is a girls' name.
How popular is Quratulain in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 4 girls.
Quratulain in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
Names like Quratulain
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Nusaybah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Ayah, Aaliyah, Khadija, Safaa, Amira, Aafiyah, Hafsa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, 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, “Quratulain: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quratulain, updated 20 October 2026.