Sumiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Sumiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Sumiya mean?
Arabic: variant of Sumayya (Sumayyah)
“high, exalted”
Is Sumiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Sumiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Sumiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sumiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Sumiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Sumiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safia, Samiya, Samira, Salma, Sabiha, Saba, Habiba, Humaira, Safiya, Faiza, Sumaiya, Samia
Names related to Sumiya
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, “Sumiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sumiya, updated 20 October 2026.