Inaiyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-NY-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Inaiyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “care, concern”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Inaiyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Inaiya, itself a variant of Inaya
“care, concern”
Variant of Inaya, an Arabic word for care, concern and divine providence.
Meaning borrowed from Inaiya.
Is Inaiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Inaiyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Inaiyah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 6 girls.
Inaiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
Names like Inaiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruqayyah, Aaliyah, Sumayyah, Aafiyah, Nusaybah, Umaymah, Umamah, Aakifah, Azeemah, Safa, Safiya, Aaminah
Names related to Inaiyah
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, “Inaiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inaiyah, updated 20 October 2026.