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.

Harun Popularity

Famous People Named Harun

  • Harun alRashid, fifth Arab Abbasid Caliph
  • Harun AkyuzTurkish actor
  • Harun DoganTurkish wrestler (went to 2000 Summer Olympics)
  • Harun ErbekTurkish footballer
  • Harun ErdenayTurkish former basketball player
  • Harun FarockiGerman filmmaker
  • Harun ibn MusaJewish convert to Islam & scholar of Arabic & Islam
  • Harun Isaformer Albanian,Macedonian footballer
  • Harun Karadeniz (1942'75), Turkish activist (protest American Navy)
  • Harun MehmedinovicBosnian,American director & photographer
  • Harun NasutionIndonesian scholar
  • Harun TekinTurkish singer, poet & musician
  • Harun Thohirnational hero of Indonesia
  • Harun YahyaTurkish Islamic author

Harun in Pop Culture

  • Harun & LeylaTurkish opera by Uzeyir Hajibeyov