Saudah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOW-da
- Origin
- Arabic
Saudah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dark”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Saudah mean?
Arabic: variant of Sawda
“dark”
Sawda bint Zam'a was one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad and an early convert to Islam.
Is Saudah a girl's or a boy's name?
Saudah is a girls' name.
How popular is Saudah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Saudah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Saudah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Names like Saudah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samah Farah Sumayyah Hibah Safa Aaliyah Saba Aakifah Afrah Faiza Umaymah Izzah
Names related to Saudah
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, “Saudah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/saudah, updated 20 October 2026.