Inshirah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- in-shee-RAAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Inshirah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “relief, openness of heart”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Inshirah mean?
Arabic
“relief, openness of heart”
Al-Inshirah, 'The Relief', is another name for Surah 94 of the Qur'an, which speaks of the heart being opened.
Is Inshirah a girl's or a boy's name?
Inshirah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Inshirah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Inshirah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2015, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Inshirah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
Names like Inshirah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Inaya, Khadija, Haniya, Ayat, Anaya, Amira, Raya, Aisha, Aaliyah, Isra
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Safa
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, “Inshirah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inshirah, updated 20 October 2026.