Ismat
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- IS-mat
- Origin
- Arabic
Ismat is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “purity, chastity”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ismat mean?
Arabic: Arabic isma
“purity, chastity”
Arabic word for purity and protection from sin; the Urdu short-story writer Ismat Chughtai (1915-1991) bore it.
Is Ismat a girl's or a boy's name?
Ismat is a girls' name.
How popular is Ismat in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 6 girls.
Ismat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
Names like Ismat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safa, Summer, Farah, Safaa, Izzah, Hafsa, Ibadat, Ilham, Aaliyah, Rahma, Rehmat
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, “Ismat: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ismat, updated 20 October 2026.