Harun is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “warrior lion.” In 2024 it was given to 60 boys in the United States.
Harun at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Biblical & Christian · Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“warrior lion”
About the name Harun
Harun belongs to the Biblical & Christian and Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “warrior lion” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Harun first appears in Social Security records in 1967. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2276 in 2022, and in 2024 60 babies received the name — 982 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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