Waaris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- WAH-ris
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Waaris is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “heir, inheritor”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Waaris mean?
Arabic: spelling of Waris; Urdu and Punjabi form of Arabic warith
“heir, inheritor”
Waris Shah was an 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet best known for his version of the love story Heer Ranjha.
Meaning borrowed from Waris.
Is Waaris a girl's or a boy's name?
Waaris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waaris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Waaris, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Waaris of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
In 2025, 52 boys in the UK were given Waaris or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #666, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Waris 46
- Waaris 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Waaris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
Names like Waaris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Amir Musa Umar Zayd Zayaan Mustafa Zayan Abdullah Arham Khalid Ahmed
Other spellings of Waaris
Names related to Waaris
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira 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, “Waaris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waaris, updated 20 October 2026.