Muhammad-Zakariya
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-HAM-ad-zak-a-REE-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
Muhammad-Zakariya is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “praised, praiseworthy + God has remembered”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies).
What does Muhammad-Zakariya mean?
Arabic: Muhammad + Zakariya
“praised, praiseworthy + God has remembered”
Joins Muhammad (Arabic, “praised, praiseworthy”) and Zakariya (Hebrew, “God has remembered”).
Meanings borrowed from Muhammad and Zakariya.
Is Muhammad-Zakariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Muhammad-Zakariya is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muhammad-Zakariya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Muhammad-Zakariya, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Muhammad-Zakariya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
Names like Muhammad-Zakariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Zayd, Huzaifa, Abdullah, Zayaan, Umar, Amir, Musab, Zayan, Zayyan
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-Zakariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muhammad-zakariya, updated 20 October 2026.