Umm
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- UM
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Umm is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “mother”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Umm mean?
Arabic: Arabic umm
“mother”
Usually the first part of a compound name such as Umm Kulthum or Umm Salama, 'mother of Kulthum, of Salama'.
Is Umm a girl's or a boy's name?
Umm is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Umm in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Umm, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Umm in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Umm in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Names like Umm
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Reem, Aaliyah, Hiba, Hafsa, Ayah, Nusaybah, Rahma, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Safiya
Names related to Umm
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, “Umm: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/umm, updated 20 October 2026.