Harun

Meaning and origin of Harun

Popularity of Harun in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Harun has been rising (+7.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Harun every 56 schools, all spellings combined.

Harun in English-speaking countries

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  941^st boys’ name31 babies in 3 years1 boy in 5,482

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  713^th boys’ name146 babies in 3 years1 boy in 5,660+14.3% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  163 babies in 3 years1 boy in 31,543+3.6% a year

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Harun, Harûn, Hârun and Hârûn are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Harûn35
• Hârun5
• Hârûn5
• Arun (in French)25

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Harun

• Hadi
• Harone
• Haytem
• Haris
• Halim
• Haroune
• Hamed
• Hasan
• Hassane
• Hamid
• Hicham
• Hussein

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin