Sheikha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAY-kha
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Sheikha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “female chief, noblewoman”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Sheikha mean?
Arabic: feminine of sheikh
“female chief, noblewoman”
In the Gulf states, Sheikha is a title for women of ruling families as well as a given name.
Is Sheikha a girl's or a boy's name?
Sheikha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sheikha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 233% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Sheikha, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Sheikha of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Sheikha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Sheikha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
Names like Sheikha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Hafsa Hiba Rahma Saba Halima Shifa Safaa Sama Safiya Huda Salma
Names related to Sheikha
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, “Sheikha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sheikha, updated 20 October 2026.