Yahya Forename
Approximately 722,511 people bear this name
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Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also written Yahia, is a common Arabic male given name. Because Yahya (commonly identified as John the Baptist) is a prophet in Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world. Yahya (Arabic: يَحِيَّى, romanized: Yaḥiyyā) is also the Arabic equivalent of the name of the Levitical priest Jehiah in the Bible.
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| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | - | 199,314 | 1:132 | 16 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 62,544 | 1:4,125 | 475 |
| Iran | 100% | 51,210 | 1:1,533 | 262 |
| Turkey | 100% | 43,929 | 1:1,771 | 401 |
| Egypt | 100% | 41,316 | 1:2,224 | 321 |
| Syria | - | 38,018 | 1:508 | 82 |
| Morocco | 100% | 35,103 | 1:979 | 186 |
| Iraq | 100% | 32,141 | 1:1,090 | 255 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 27,950 | 1:6,353 | 956 |
| Sudan | 100% | 25,582 | 1:1,478 | 277 |
| Kenya | 99% | 19,508 | 1:2,374 | 442 |
| Jordan | 100% | 16,361 | 1:540 | 142 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 11,909 | 1:4,433 | 751 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 11,211 | 1:365 | 54 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 9,338 | 1:3,261 | 343 |
| Pakistan | 96% | 8,757 | 1:22,195 | 1,719 |
| Palestine | 100% | 7,488 | 1:608 | 161 |
| Gambia | - | 7,228 | 1:267 | 64 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 7,031 | 1:800 | 162 |
| Kuwait | - | 5,490 | 1:689 | 109 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 5,433 | 1:17,957 | 2,384 |
| Oman | 100% | 5,058 | 1:812 | 116 |
| Afghanistan | 95% | 5,053 | 1:6,456 | 826 |
| Libya | - | 4,774 | 1:1,303 | 253 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 4,110 | 1:1,740 | 189 |
| Israel | 100% | 4,017 | 1:2,092 | 438 |
| Somalia | - | 3,111 | 1:4,348 | 562 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,567 | 1:18,126 | 1,105 |
| Djibouti | - | 2,327 | 1:393 | 91 |
| India | 100% | 1,958 | 1:620,469 | 46,858 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 1,900 | 1:5,075 | 859 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,833 | 1:86,995 | 6,214 |
| United States | 100% | 1,692 | 1:214,265 | 7,456 |
| Ghana | - | 1,686 | 1:16,006 | 1,324 |
| Chad | 96% | 1,606 | 1:8,467 | 1,342 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,421 | 1:949 | 158 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,399 | 1:22,025 | 2,854 |
| France | 100% | 1,168 | 1:56,910 | 1,628 |
| Mali | 100% | 663 | 1:25,607 | 1,686 |
| Thailand | 100% | 645 | 1:108,629 | 8,894 |
| England | 100% | 642 | 1:86,609 | 3,422 |
| Philippines | 98% | 624 | 1:169,887 | 7,963 |
| Niger | 94% | 608 | 1:31,553 | 1,865 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Algeria | 100% | 489 | 1:78,071 | 2,153 |
| Germany | 100% | 468 | 1:206,577 | 3,170 |
| Senegal | 99% | 436 | 1:33,443 | 1,621 |
| Canada | 100% | 400 | 1:82,833 | 4,545 |
| Belgium | 100% | 371 | 1:30,970 | 1,930 |
| Malawi | 100% | 338 | 1:50,628 | 3,385 |
| Sweden | 100% | 325 | 1:30,332 | 1,877 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 318 | 1:2,129 | 399 |
| South Africa | 100% | 288 | 1:189,349 | 12,452 |
| Somaliland | - | 251 | 1:13,951 | 781 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 236 | 1:91,570 | 4,957 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 235 | 1:71,924 | 4,262 |
| Uganda | 92% | 200 | 1:204,785 | 7,014 |
| Australia | - | 173 | 1:78,946 | 3,158 |
| Brunei | 100% | 173 | 1:2,425 | 253 |
| DR Congo | 91% | 164 | 1:450,168 | 16,251 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 109 | 1:64,132 | 2,815 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 103 | 1:230,774 | 19,193 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 101 | 1:3,150 | 633 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 76 | 1:241,835 | 10,262 |
| Ivory Coast | 97% | 76 | 1:303,631 | 13,280 |
| Denmark | - | 68 | 1:83,081 | 2,579 |
| Russia | 100% | 63 | 1:2,289,424 | 14,741 |
| Austria | - | 54 | 1:157,670 | 2,668 |
| Brazil | 100% | 49 | 1:4,372,166 | 71,459 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:235,735 | 640 |
| Maldives | 98% | 48 | 1:9,040 | 468 |
| Singapore | 100% | 47 | 1:133,767 | 7,825 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Norway | 100% | 43 | 1:119,356 | 3,629 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 34 | 1:241,573 | 5,210 |
| China | - | 26 | 1:52,540,607 | 62,395 |
| New Zealand | - | 25 | 1:181,442 | 6,350 |
| Qatar | 100% | 23 | 1:103,026 | 12,248 |
| Barbados | - | 21 | 1:13,799 | 1,255 |
| Liberia | 100% | 18 | 1:245,114 | 8,199 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 18 | 1:1,677,883 | 31,093 |
| Benin | 100% | 17 | 1:622,108 | 18,975 |
| Finland | 93% | 14 | 1:391,656 | 5,045 |
| Italy | 100% | 14 | 1:4,361,578 | 21,991 |
| Ireland | 100% | 13 | 1:357,194 | 5,120 |
| Scotland | 100% | 13 | 1:411,567 | 5,527 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Guinea | - | 9 | 1:1,317,627 | 3,716 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Hungary | 100% | 8 | 1:1,223,971 | 3,159 |
| Kosovo | - | 8 | 1:232,680 | 8,489 |
| Iceland | - | 7 | 1:52,288 | 2,981 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 7 | 1:194,488 | 10,722 |
| Greece | 100% | 6 | 1:1,822,425 | 10,706 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Belarus | - | 5 | 1:1,896,477 | 8,406 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Cambodia | - | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Czechia | 100% | 4 | 1:2,664,040 | 5,608 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 4 | 1:1,188,244 | 607 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Myanmar | - | 4 | 1:12,987,068 | 1,965 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Poland | - | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Rwanda | - | 4 | 1:2,842,858 | 2,668 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Ukraine | - | 3 | 1:15,166,636 | 17,541 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 3 | 1:36,582 | 3,060 |
| Zambia | - | 3 | 1:5,284,931 | 37,895 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Moldova | - | 2 | 1:1,780,570 | 7,407 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 2 | 1:7,711,908 | 84,647 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Argentina | - | 1 | 1:42,773,243 | 43,333 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belize | - | 1 | 1:354,309 | 7,663 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Mexico | 100% | 1 | 1:124,144,427 | 140,512 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1 | 1:8,152,314 | 202,620 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Togo | - | 1 | 1:7,239,239 | 8,047 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
Yahya (560,576) may also be a surname.
Yahya Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also written Yahia, is a common Arabic male given name. Because Yahya (commonly identified as John the Baptist) is a prophet in Islam, Yahya is a very common name in the Muslim world. Yahya (Arabic: يَحِيَّى, romanized: Yaḥiyyā) is also the Arabic equivalent of the name of the Levitical priest Jehiah in the Bible.
In Persian, Yahya is a title of address for a senior village or community elder, it is also a common nickname for the 12th Imam.
- turquoiseThe name Yahya means 'God is gracious' or 'God has shown favour'. It comes from the Hebrew name Yochanan, meaning 'God is gracious'. It is the Arabic form of the name John, which is mentioned in the Quran as the name of Prophet Yahya (John the Baptist).
- syedhumaid109Yahya is an Arabic form of the biblical name Johannes. It means 'Yahweh is gracious' from Hebrew jô (יֹו), referring to the Hebrew God, and chanan (חָנַן), meaning 'to be gracious', 'to show favour'.
- pzhaleviYahya Forename Popularity
Yahya Demographics
Average Male Yahya Height
173.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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