Wahenoor
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- wa-heh-NOOR
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
Wahenoor is a name of Punjabi origin, meaning “light of the wondrous Lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies).
What does Wahenoor mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name: Wahe (from Waheguru) + noor 'light'
“light of the wondrous Lord”
Waheguru, 'wondrous Lord', is the Sikh name for God; noor is Arabic for light.
Is Wahenoor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Wahenoor has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 10 boys in the UK.
How popular is Wahenoor in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 188% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Wahenoor, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls. 10 boys were also named Wahenoor in 2025 (2,342nd for boys).
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Wahenoor in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
Nicknames for Wahenoor
- Noor 287 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Wahenoor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Safa, Abeeha, Halima, Hiba, Hafsa, Ayzal, Ruqayyah, Aafiyah, Ibadat, Rehmat
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gurnaaz, Gursanjh, Avleen
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, “Wahenoor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wahenoor, updated 20 October 2026.