Sahal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SA-hal
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Sahal is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “easy; gentle”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Sahal mean?
Arabic: Somali spelling of Sahl
“easy; gentle”
Is Sahal a girl's or a boy's name?
Sahal 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 Sahal in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 220% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Sahal, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Sahal in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Sahal in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
Names like Sahal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Musa Zayaan Amir Abdullah Hamza Umar Mustafa Zayan Zayd Musab
Names related to Sahal
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa
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, “Sahal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sahal, updated 20 October 2026.