Israh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- is-RAH
- Origin
- Arabic
Israh is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “night journey”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Israh mean?
Arabic: spelling of Isra
“night journey”
Al-Isra is the Prophet Muhammad's miraculous night journey from Mecca to Jerusalem, and the name of the 17th surah.
Meaning borrowed from Isra.
Is Israh a girl's or a boy's name?
Israh is a girls' name.
How popular is Israh in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Israh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Israh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Names like Israh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ayah, Safa, Nusaybah, Izzah, Aaliyah, Zainab, Ruqayyah, Hafsa, Rahma, Hiba, Sumayyah, Safaa
Names related to Israh
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, “Israh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/israh, updated 20 October 2026.