Tahiya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-HEE-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
Tahiya is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “greeting”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tahiya mean?
Arabic: variant of Tahiyya, from Arabic tahiyya
“greeting”
Arabic tahiyya is a greeting, formed from the root for 'life'.
Is Tahiya a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahiya is a girls' name.
How popular is Tahiya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tahiya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahiya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,621 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,831 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 8 | #2,089 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Names like Tahiya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safiya, Safia, Habiba, Humaira, Aaliyah, Aliya, Safa, Sumayyah, Afiya, Salma, Faiza, Aaliya
Names related to Tahiya
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, “Tahiya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahiya, updated 20 October 2026.