Ikrah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IK-ra
- Origin
- Arabic
Ikrah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “read, recite”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ikrah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ikra, itself a variant of Iqra
“read, recite”
Variant of Iqra, the first word revealed to the Prophet Muhammad in the Quran, meaning read or recite.
Meaning borrowed from Ikra.
Is Ikrah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ikrah is a girls' name.
How popular is Ikrah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ikrah in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Ikrah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 19 | #1,155 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 21 | #1,065 |
| 1998 | 17 | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 15 | #1,309 |
Names like Ikrah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hibah Farah Samah Aakifah Faiza Saba Azeemah Ismah Afrah Izzah Umamah Ilham
Names related to Ikrah
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, “Ikrah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ikrah, updated 20 October 2026.