Tayyeb
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TIE-yeb
- Origin
- Arabic
Tayyeb is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tayyeb mean?
Arabic: variant spelling of Tayyib
“good, pure”
From Arabic tayyib, good or pure, a word the Quran uses of lawful, wholesome food.
Is Tayyeb a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayyeb is a boys' name.
How popular is Tayyeb in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tayyeb in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tayyeb in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 6 | #2,545 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
Names like Tayyeb
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Hassan, Saif, Habib, Fahad, Zohaib, Haseeb, Hammad, Suhaib, Umair, Asad, Qasim
Names related to Tayyeb
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, “Tayyeb: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayyeb, updated 20 October 2026.