Girl · Arabic (modern South Asian usage) · Muslim
Hooriya
حوریہSay it HOO-ree-ya
- Meaning today
- Companion of paradise, beautiful
- Original meaning
- "a houri, one black-eyed maiden of Paradise" Steingass, p. 433
- Say it
- HOO-ree-ya
- Written
- حوریہ
- Other spellings
- Huriya, Hooria, Hooriyah, Huriyah
Hooriya
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Hooriya meaning
Hooriya (حوریہ) is a Muslim girl's name of Arabic origin (modern South Asian usage).
A houri, one black-eyed maiden of Paradise
Also used to mean: companion of paradise, beautiful
Hooriya (حوریہ) is a singular formed from Arabic ḥūr, the dark-eyed companions of Paradise in the Quran. Steingass' Persian dictionary gives the matching Persian word ḥūrī as one virgin of Paradise, one black-eyed nymph or houri, and Lane's lexicon explains the root ḥ-w-r as the striking white and black of a gazelle-like eye. Name lists give Hooriya as "companion of paradise" or simply "beautiful". It is a modern name used by Muslim families in India and Pakistan, alongside the shorter Hoor and the compound Hoorain.
Source: Steingass, A Comprehensive Persian–English Dictionary (1892), p. 433 · entry ḥūrī (حوری) · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026
References: Steingass, Persian–English Dictionary, ḥūrī, p. 433 · Lane, Arabic–English Lexicon, ḥūr (root ḥ-w-r), Book I p. 666
Spellings
Hooriya · Huriya · Hooria · Hooriyah · Huriyah