Umayyah
Girl · oo-MAY-yah · Arabic
Umayyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little servant”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Umayyah mean?
Arabic: diminutive of ama 'servant girl'
“little servant”
Umayya ibn Abd Shams gave his name to the Umayyad caliphs.
- Say it
- oo-MAY-yah
Is Umayyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Umayyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umayyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Umayyah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 19 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Umayyah than any year since 2002.
Half of all the girls named Umayyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Umayyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 17 | #1,755 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
Names like Umayyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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