Muqaddas
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- moo-KAD-as
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Muqaddas is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “holy, sacred”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Muqaddas mean?
Arabic: spelling of Muqadas, itself a spelling of Muqaddas, from Arabic muqaddas 'holy'
“holy, sacred”
From the Arabic muqaddas, meaning holy or sacred.
Meaning borrowed from Muqadas.
Is Muqaddas a girl's or a boy's name?
Muqaddas is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Muqaddas in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Muqaddas, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 12 girls.
2025 had more girls named Muqaddas than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Muqaddas in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Muqaddas in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
Names like Muqaddas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Safa, Sumayyah, Zainab, Safiya, Ruqayyah, Habiba, Aaminah, Humaira, Umaymah, Aliya, Musfirah
Names related to Muqaddas
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Muqaddas: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muqaddas, updated 20 October 2026.