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Explore Muslim baby names recorded in the UK, discover their meanings and connections, and keep the ones you love.
About the names & UK figures
This is an editorial selection of names used by Muslim families, including spellings recorded in at least one of the latest UK tables. It is not a complete list of permissible names or an official classification by religion. Names and their meanings may be shared across cultures.
Latest data checked: 9 October 2026. All figures refer to registrations in 2025. Spellings are kept separate. We do not add the national figures together or create a UK-wide rank. A missing figure means no publishable figure was found for that spelling, not zero births. Small counts may be withheld for privacy.
- ONS: England and Wales, 2025 — released 9 July 2026; full boys’ and girls’ tables, Table 6.
- NRS: Scotland, 2025 — released 26 May 2026; “All Names Given To Babies In 2025”.
- NISRA: Northern Ireland, 2025 — released 16 April 2026; full names list, 2025 columns in Tables 1 and 2.
Source: ONS, National Records of Scotland and NISRA. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Meanings and connections: concise glosses and historical associations are informed by the Islamic Foundation of Ireland’s male and female name guides. Where a gloss describes a person, it is a connection rather than a literal translation. Names of prophets are shown without speculative etymologies. Quran and hadith references, and supplementary dictionary sources where used, appear in individual details. Arabic shown is the intended spelling for this entry; Latin spellings can correspond to different Arabic forms, and pronunciation varies by language.
“Names by meaning” is a browsing collection, not a claim that a name appears in the Quran. Please check your preferred spelling and meaning with a knowledgeable Arabic speaker before choosing.
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