Siyam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- see-YAAM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Siyam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “fasting”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Siyam mean?
Arabic
“fasting”
Siyam is the Arabic word for fasting, as in the fast of Ramadan.
Is Siyam a girl's or a boy's name?
Siyam 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 Siyam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Siyam, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Siyam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Siyam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
Names like Siyam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Abdullah, Arham, Zayd, Zayan, Ahmed, Mustafa, Ibrahim, Umar, Amir
Names related to Siyam
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
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, “Siyam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/siyam, updated 20 October 2026.