Ubaydah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-BAY-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ubaydah is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little servant of God”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ubaydah mean?
Arabic: diminutive of abd 'servant'
“little servant of God”
Abu Ubaydah ibn al-Jarrah was one of the ten Companions of the Prophet promised Paradise.
Is Ubaydah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ubaydah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ubaydah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 175% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ubaydah, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Ubaydah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ubaydah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
Names like Ubaydah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Abdullah Mustafa Umar Musa Zayd Ahmed Ibrahim Zayaan Huzaifa Zayan Amir
Other spellings of Ubaydah
Obaida Ubaidah
Names related to Ubaydah
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Ubaydah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ubaydah, updated 20 October 2026.