Harun

ha-ROON

Arabic

"exalted"

Harun Origin and Meaning

The name Harun is a boy's name meaning "exalted".

Arabic form of Aaron, featured in the tales of The Thousand and One Nights. The name Harun also appears several times in the Quran.

Harun Popularity

• 896 England 2021
• 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2022
• 38 Azerbaijan 2023

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Famous People Named Harun

• Harun al Rashid, fifth Arab Abbasid Caliph
• Harun Akyuz Turkish actor
• Harun Dogan Turkish wrestler (went to 2000 Summer Olympics)
• Harun Erbek Turkish footballer
• Harun Erdenay Turkish former basketball player
• Harun Farocki German filmmaker
• Harun ibn Musa Jewish convert to Islam & scholar of Arabic & Islam
• Harun Isa former Albanian,Macedonian footballer
• Harun Karadeniz (1942 '75), Turkish activist (protest American Navy)
• Harun Mehmedinovic Bosnian,American director & photographer
• Harun Nasution Indonesian scholar
• Harun Tekin Turkish singer, poet & musician
• Harun Thohir national hero of Indonesia
• Harun Yahya Turkish Islamic author

Harun in Pop Culture

• Harun & Leyla Turkish opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyov