Shaikh
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHAYKH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Shaikh is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “elder; chief”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Shaikh mean?
Arabic: spelling of Shaykh
“elder; chief”
A title for a tribal elder or religious scholar, widely used as a family name in South Asia.
Is Shaikh a girl's or a boy's name?
Shaikh 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 Shaikh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Shaikh, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shaikh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shaikh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
Names like Shaikh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saif Shah Hamza Saad Shaan Salah Saeed Samir Suhaib Salim Sabir Fahad
Names related to Shaikh
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, “Shaikh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shaikh, updated 20 October 2026.