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هَارُون
Haroon
ha-ROON
“Mountain of strength.”
About Haroon
Haroon is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "mountain of strength" — an Arabic-Urdu name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Variant of Harun.
Common in Pakistani and Bangladeshi families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic · Urdu
Gender
Boy
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Haroon is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Haroon
- What does the name Haroon mean?
- Haroon (هَارُون) means "Mountain of strength". Variant of Harun.
- Is Haroon a name from the Qur'an?
- Haroon does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic-Urdu name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Haroon a boy or a girl name?
- Haroon is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Haroon come from?
- Haroon is an Arabic-Urdu name, built on the root letters H-R-N. Common in Pakistani and Bangladeshi families.
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