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.

Popularity of the name Harun

• 683 England 2023
• 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023
• 38 Azerbaijan 2023

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

The name Harun in Pop Culture

• Harun & Leyla Turkish opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyov