Illiyeen
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- il-li-YEEN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Illiyeen is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the highest places”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Illiyeen mean?
Arabic: Qur'anic word Illiyyin
“the highest places”
In the Qur'an (83:18), Illiyyin is the lofty place where the record of the righteous is kept.
Is Illiyeen a girl's or a boy's name?
Illiyeen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Illiyeen in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Illiyeen, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Illiyeen of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Illiyeen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
Names like Illiyeen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah Ayah Khadija Amira Abeeha Safa Ibadat Ruqayyah Aaliyah Zainab Amal Rehmat
Names related to Illiyeen
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Illiyeen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/illiyeen, updated 20 October 2026.