Haaniyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-nee-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Haaniyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “happy, content”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Haaniyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Haniya; Arabic name used in Muslim families
“happy, content”
Meaning borrowed from Haniya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Haaniyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Haaniyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Haaniyah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haaniyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Haaniyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,450 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
Names like Haaniyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Nusaybah Ayah Aafiyah Ruqayyah Safa Hafsa Abeeha Zainab Aasiyah Hiba Khadija
Names related to Haaniyah
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, “Haaniyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haaniyah, updated 20 October 2026.