Medinah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- me-DEE-na
- Origin
- Arabic
Medinah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “city”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Medinah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Medina
“city”
From Medina, city of the Prophet in Arabia; also a Spanish surname from the same Arabic word.
Meaning borrowed from Medina. More on Wiktionary.
Is Medinah a girl's or a boy's name?
Medinah is a girls' name.
How popular is Medinah 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 4 girls.
Medinah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
Names like Medinah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Ayah, Aaliyah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Zainab, Musfirah, Aaminah, Aafiyah, Amira, Umaymah
Names related to Medinah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Medinah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/medinah, updated 20 October 2026.