Riyaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ree-YAHZ
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Riyaz is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gardens; meadows”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Riyaz mean?
Arabic: South Asian form of Riyad
“gardens; meadows”
From the same Arabic word as Riyadh, the Saudi capital.
Is Riyaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Riyaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riyaz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Riyaz, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2007, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Riyaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Riyaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
Names like Riyaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Fahad, Ahmed, Hassan, Saif, Hammad, Rabab, Fawaz, Habib, Samir, Raheem, Faiz
Names related to Riyaz
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, “Riyaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riyaz, updated 20 October 2026.