Doha
Girl · DOH-hah · Arabic
Doha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “forenoon, morning brightness”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Doha mean?
Arabic: Egyptian spelling of Duha 'forenoon'
“forenoon, morning brightness”
Unrelated to the name of Qatar's capital, Doha, which is a different word in Arabic.
- Say it
- DOH-hah
Is Doha a girl's or a boy's name?
Doha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Doha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Doha, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Doha than any year since 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Doha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Doha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994. 6 boys were also named Doha in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Doha in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Doha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
Names like Doha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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