Tayiba
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tie-YEE-bah
- Origin
- Arabic
Tayiba is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tayiba mean?
Arabic: spelling of Tayyibah; feminine of Arabic tayyib
“good, pure”
Feminine of Tayyib, good or pure; Tayyibah is also a traditional name for the city of Medina.
Meaning borrowed from Tayyibah.
Is Tayiba a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayiba is a girls' name.
How popular is Tayiba in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tayiba in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tayiba in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 12 | #2,156 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 10 | #2,206 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
Names like Tayiba
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Humaira Habiba Safa Faiza Salma Safia Aaliyah Safiya Sabiha Samira Sumayyah Saba
Names related to Tayiba
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, “Tayiba: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayiba, updated 20 October 2026.