Umayah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oo-MAY-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Umayah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little servant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Umayah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Umayyah; diminutive of ama 'servant girl'
“little servant”
Umayya ibn Abd Shams gave his name to the Umayyad caliphs.
Meaning borrowed from Umayyah.
Is Umayah a girl's or a boy's name?
Umayah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umayah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Umayah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Umayah than any year since 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Umayah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
Names like Umayah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Zainab, Safa, Ruqayyah, Nusaybah, Ayah, Umamah, Sumayyah, Safiya, Aaminah, Aafiyah, Abeeha
Names related to Umayah
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, “Umayah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umayah, updated 20 October 2026.