Soumaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MY-uh
- Origin
- Arabic
Soumaya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Soumaya mean?
Arabic: North African spelling of Sumayya (Sumayyah)
“high, exalted”
Sumayya bint Khayyat is regarded as the first martyr in Islam.
Is Soumaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Soumaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Soumaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Soumaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Soumaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Soumaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Safiya Aaliyah Safaa Sumayyah Zainab Abeeha Ruqayyah Safia Saliha Rumaysa Summer
Names related to Soumaya
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, “Soumaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/soumaya, updated 20 October 2026.