Samiullah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- sa-mee-ul-LAH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Samiullah is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “God is all-hearing”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Samiullah mean?
Arabic: from sami 'all-hearing' + Allah
“God is all-hearing”
As-Sami, 'the All-Hearing', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Is Samiullah a girl's or a boy's name?
Samiullah 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 Samiullah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Samiullah, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,143rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Samiullah than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Samiullah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Samiullah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Nicknames for Samiullah
- Sami 175 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Samiullah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Muhammad, Ahmed, Mustafa, Abdulrahman, Ibrahim, Zayd, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Saifullah, Abdurrahman
Names related to Samiullah
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, 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, “Samiullah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/samiullah, updated 20 October 2026.