Zoyah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZOY-a
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Zoyah is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Zoyah mean?
Greek: spelling of Zoya; Russian form of Zoe
“life”
The Russian form of Zoe, from Greek for life; it is also widely used in South Asia.
Meaning borrowed from Zoya.
Is Zoyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zoyah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zoyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 69% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Zoyah, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zoyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 229 girls in the UK were given Zoyah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #235, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
- Zoya 223
- Zoyah 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Zoyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 13 | #2,224 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Zoyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab, Safa, Aaliyah, Ayah, Hafsa, Sumayyah, Nusaybah, Ruqayyah, Hiba, Rahma, Summer, Safaa
Other spellings of Zoyah
Names related to Zoyah
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Zoyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zoyah, updated 20 October 2026.