Tayyab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TIE-yab
- Origin
- Arabic
Tayyab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tayyab mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Tayyib
“good, pure”
From Arabic tayyib, good or pure, a word the Quran uses of lawful, wholesome food.
Is Tayyab a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayyab is a boys' name.
How popular is Tayyab in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 29 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tayyab in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Tayyab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,070 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,071 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 29 | #914 |
| 2005 | 26 | #944 |
| 2004 | 22 | #1,010 |
| 2003 | 22 | #953 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,151 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,043 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 17 | #941 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
Names like Tayyab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Haseeb, Saif, Zohaib, Habib, Suhaib, Umair, Hammad, Qasim, Abdur, Hassan, Fahad, Samir
Names related to Tayyab
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, “Tayyab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayyab, updated 20 October 2026.