Sabihah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sa-BEE-ha
- Origin
- Arabic
Sabihah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “beautiful, bright-faced”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sabihah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sabiha; from the root of sabah 'morning'
“beautiful, bright-faced”
Sabiha Gökçen, adopted daughter of Atatürk, is often called the first female fighter pilot; an Istanbul airport bears her name.
Meaning borrowed from Sabiha.
Is Sabihah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sabihah is a girls' name.
How popular is Sabihah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sabihah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sabihah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
Names like Sabihah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah, Safia, Samah, Sumayyah, Farah, Hibah, Umamah, Azeemah, Umaymah, Saba, Habiba, Faiza
Names related to Sabihah
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, “Sabihah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sabihah, updated 20 October 2026.