Ymani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ee-MAH-nee
- Origin
- Swahili
Ymani is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “faith”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ymani mean?
Swahili: variant of Imani, Swahili from Arabic
“faith”
Variant spelling of Imani, a Swahili word for faith that comes from Arabic.
Is Ymani a girl's or a boy's name?
Ymani is a girls' name.
How popular is Ymani in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Ymani in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ymani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Ymani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alani Kailani Kalani Imani Nalani Kaylani Anahi Armani Meilani Amani Xylani Milani
Names related to Ymani
More Swahili names
Zuri Malaika Jabari Zhuri Imara Maisha Asante Imaani Malaikah Taraji Xuri Zuriyah Johari Simba Zamani Ahmani
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ymani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ymani, updated 20 October 2026.