Muhammad-Yahya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAM-ad-YAH-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Muhammad-Yahya is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy + he lives”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Muhammad-Yahya mean?
Arabic: Muhammad + Yahya
“praised, praiseworthy + he lives”
Joins Muhammad (Arabic, “praised, praiseworthy”) and Yahya (Arabic, “he lives”).
Meanings borrowed from Muhammad and Yahya.
Is Muhammad-Yahya a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhammad-Yahya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhammad-Yahya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Muhammad-Yahya, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muhammad-Yahya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Muhammad-Yahya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
Names like Muhammad-Yahya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Mustafa Zayd Abdullah Zayaan Huzaifa Zayan Umar Musab Amir Ibrahim
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira 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, “Muhammad-Yahya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhammad-yahya, updated 20 October 2026.