Nebi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- neh-BEE
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Nebi is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prophet”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Nebi mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Albanian form of Nabi
“prophet”
Is Nebi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nebi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nebi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Nebi, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Nebi of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Nebi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
Names like Nebi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi, Oluwafikayomi, Oluwadarasimi, Omari, Achim, Naetochukwu, Bodhi, Kamsiyochukwu, Tobechukwu, Chidubem, Munachimso, Ayodeji
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, “Nebi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nebi, updated 20 October 2026.