Madiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-DEE-yah
Madiya is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Madiya come from?
Perhaps a variant of the Arabic Madiha
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Is Madiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Madiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Madiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Madiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Madiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
Names like Madiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safia, Habiba, Faiza, Saba, Fabiha, Sabiha, Humaira, Afiya, Samiya, Fariha, Salma, Aysha
Names related to Madiya
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, “Madiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/madiya, updated 20 October 2026.