Kimyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEEM-yah
- Origin
- Swahili
Kimyah is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “silence, quiet”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kimyah mean?
Swahili: spelling of Kimya; Swahili word; also echoes Persian Kimia 'alchemy'
“silence, quiet”
Meaning borrowed from Kimya. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kimyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kimyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Kimyah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Kimyah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kimyah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Nicknames for Kimyah
- Kim 7 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kimyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaliyah, Zaniyah, Aaliyah, Kamiyah, Safa, Hadassah, Zaliyah, Naziyah, Zainab, Salem, Sariyah, Jaliyah
Names related to Kimyah
More Swahili names
Zuri, Imani, Malaika, Emani, Jabari, Zhuri, Imara, Maisha, Asante, Imaani, Malaikah, Taraji, Xuri, Zuriyah, Johari, Simba
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kimyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kimyah, updated 20 October 2026.