Ummayyah
Girl · oo-MAY-yah · Arabic
Ummayyah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little servant”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ummayyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Umayyah; diminutive of ama 'servant girl'
“little servant”
Umayya ibn Abd Shams gave his name to the Umayyad caliphs.
- Say it
- oo-MAY-yah
Meaning borrowed from Umayyah.
Is Ummayyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ummayyah is a girls' name.
How popular is Ummayyah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ummayyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ummayyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
Names like Ummayyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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