Panah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- pa-NAH
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- Style
- New arrival
Panah is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “refuge, shelter”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Panah mean?
Persian: Persian panah, also used in Urdu
“refuge, shelter”
A Persian word for refuge or protection, also used in Urdu.
Is Panah a girl's or a boy's name?
Panah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Panah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Panah, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Names like Panah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Pranshi, Mehwish, Priya, Gursanjh, Parishay, Sehrish, Saanvi, Dhanvi, Anvi, Krishvi, Shanvi
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
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, “Panah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/panah, updated 20 October 2026.