Heru
A boys’ name of Egyptian origin, meaning horus, the hawk god.
Babies a year
27
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Heru by the numbers
Heru was given to 27 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Heru. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a bird
Like Heru, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Heru, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Heru
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