Tayyibah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tie-YEE-bah
- Origin
- Arabic
Tayyibah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good, pure”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tayyibah mean?
Arabic: feminine of Arabic tayyib
“good, pure”
Feminine of Tayyib, good or pure; Tayyibah is also a traditional name for the city of Medina.
Is Tayyibah a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayyibah is a girls' name.
How popular is Tayyibah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 36 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tayyibah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tayyibah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 20 | #1,615 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,629 |
| 2010 | 24 | #1,380 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 36 | #963 |
| 2007 | 32 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 21 | #1,319 |
| 2005 | 24 | #1,128 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 35 | #823 |
| 2002 | 27 | #927 |
| 2001 | 20 | #1,118 |
| 2000 | 15 | #1,348 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 19 | #1,158 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
Names like Tayyibah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Farah, Hibah, Umamah, Umaymah, Aakifah, Aaliyah, Aaminah, Safia, Habiba, Sumayyah, Samah, Azeemah
Names related to Tayyibah
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, “Tayyibah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayyibah, updated 20 October 2026.