boy name · Source-indexed record
Hunain
حنين
Hunain is the name of a battle mentioned in the Quran, which was won by the Muslims. Hunain is the name of a valley between at-Taif and Mecca in which the battle took place. The literal meaning of the word is not known, it is derived from the H6-N-N root which has meanings of longing, yearning, nostalgia.
- Arabic spelling
- حنين
- Pronunciation
- hoo-NEYENAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- QuranicSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- H
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Hunain
Hunain is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Hunain is the name of a battle mentioned in the Quran, which was won by the Muslims. Hunain is the name of a valley between at-Taif and Mecca in which the battle took place. The literal meaning of the word is not known, it is derived from the H6-N-N root which has meanings of longing, yearning, nostalgia.”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.