Summayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- soo-MAY-ya
- Origin
- Arabic
Summayah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “high, exalted”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Summayah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Sumayyah
“high, exalted”
Sumayyah bint Khayyat, mother of Ammar ibn Yasir, is honoured in Islamic tradition as the first martyr of Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Sumayyah.
Is Summayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Summayah is a girls' name.
How popular is Summayah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Summayah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Summayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Summayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Sumayyah Aaliyah Safiya Zainab Ruqayyah Safaa Aaminah Nusaybah Umaymah Ayah Aafiyah
Names related to Summayah
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, “Summayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/summayah, updated 20 October 2026.