Ramlah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAM-la
- Origin
- Arabic
Ramlah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sand”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ramlah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ramla; Arabic ramla
“sand”
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, known as Umm Habiba, was one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
Meaning borrowed from Ramla.
Is Ramlah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramlah is a girls' name.
How popular is Ramlah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ramlah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramlah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like Ramlah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah Aaliyah Safa Zainab Hibah Ruqayyah Sumayyah Aaminah Rahma Summer Izzah Umaymah
Names related to Ramlah
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, “Ramlah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ramlah, updated 20 October 2026.