Given name & surname
Huma
“a bird who brings good for tune”
Huma is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a bird who brings good for tune.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a bird who brings good for tune.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Huma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 235
- 0 boys · 235 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 12 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 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,465 as a first name in 2020; 168 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Huma’s family of names
Huma has a related form in Humaa. Huma has a related form in Humah. Huma has a related form in Humma.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Huma
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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