Maleehah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-LEE-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
Maleehah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful, charming”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Maleehah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Maleeha
“beautiful, charming”
From an Arabic word for pretty or charming, related to milh, salt.
Meaning borrowed from Maleeha.
Is Maleehah a girl's or a boy's name?
Maleehah is a girls' name.
How popular is Maleehah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maleehah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maleehah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 14 | #1,564 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Maleehah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Aakifah, Hibah, Musfirah, Umamah, Umaymah, Safia, Habiba, Samah, Azeemah, Faiza, Sumayyah
Names related to Maleehah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Maleehah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maleehah, updated 20 October 2026.