Ayaah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Ayaah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sign, miracle, verse”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ayaah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aya
“sign, miracle, verse”
In Arabic an aya is a verse of the Quran; Aya is also a Japanese name meaning 'colour, design'.
Meaning borrowed from Aya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ayaah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayaah is a girls' name.
How popular is Ayaah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 4 girls.
Ayaah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
Names like Ayaah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Safa, Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Aafiyah, Zainab, Abeeha, Ruqayyah, Hiba, Rahma, Hafsa, Amal
Names related to Ayaah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ayaah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayaah, updated 20 October 2026.