Dahab
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DAH-hab
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Dahab is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gold”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Dahab mean?
Arabic
“gold”
From Arabic dhahab, 'gold'; Somali families also use the form Dahabo.
Is Dahab a girl's or a boy's name?
Dahab is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Dahab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Dahab, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Dahab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
Names like Dahab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Rabab, Safa, Safaa, Zaha, Rahaf, Hibah, Rahma, Farah, Hiba, Saba, Faiza
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Dahab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/dahab, updated 20 October 2026.