Given name & surname
Houda
“one who provides the right guidance”
Houda is a variant of Huda. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides the right guidance.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Houda is a variant of Huda. One Arabic interpretation is “one who provides the right guidance.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Houda is a variant of Huda. An origin associated with Huda is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Houda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 0 boys · 112 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 879 as a first name in 2020; 101 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Houda
- Houda BenyaminaFrench actor, film director and screenwriterborn 1980
- Houda NonooBahraini diplomatborn 1964
- Houda MiledTunisian judokaborn 1987
- Houda Ben DayaTunisian judokaborn 1979
- Houda DarwishAlgerian writerborn 1991
- Houda RihaniMoroccan actressborn 1975
- Houda ChaabiAlgerian sports shooterborn 1986
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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