Forename يحيى

Globally, يحيى (يحيى , Yahya , Yahia , along with others...) is a widespread primarily male, but very seldom girly first name. The first name يحيى is habitual in Syria, where it is a common predominantly masculine, but very infrequently girly name, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia, where it is a common masculine name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Northern Africa, particularly Egypt, Morocco, and Algeria. Likewise, يحيى is the last name as well as the forename.

Jesus fish يحيى is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name يحيى

name Yahiya, name Яхья, name Yehia, name Яхъя, name Ях'Я, name Йахйа, name Yahia, name یحیی, name Yahyah, name Yehya, name يحيى, name Jahja, name ヤヤ, name Yahya, name יחיא, name Yhya, name ইয়াহিয়া, name Yahiye, name Yihye

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يحيى	Iraq, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Saudi Arabia
Yahia, Yahya, Yehya, Yehia	Morocco, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Algeria

First names said to be same

Jahja, Yahiya, Yahiye, Yahyah, Yhya, Yihye, Йахйа, Ях'Я, Яхъя, Яхья, יחיא, یحیی, ইয়াহিয়া, and ヤヤ

First name يحيى in the context

يحيى is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: يحيى راشد , character in The Blue Elephant.

Notable namesakes

	يحيى البرمكي Abbasid vizier and provincial governor (died c.806), SY (b. 701)
	يحيى بن سعيد الأنصاري SA (b. 688)
	يحيى بن البطريق IQ (b. 730)
	يحيى القطان IQ (b. 738)
	يحيى بن سلام، أبو زكريا، التيمي KW (b. 742)
	يحيى الخياط Muslim writer, IQ (b. 770)
	يحيى بن الحكم البكري Andalusi Arab poet and diplomat (c. 790–864), KW (b. 772)
	يحيى بن معين Persian Muslim scholar (774–847), IQ (b. 775)
	يحيى بن أيوب المقابري IQ (b. 773)
	يحيى العبيدلي Hejazi Muslim scholar, SA (b. 829)
	يحيى بن الحسين القاسم الرسي 10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate in Yemen, YE (b. 859)
	يحيى بن عدي Arab Christian philosopher, IQ (b. 893)
	يحيى بن سعدون Andalusian faqih, ES (b. 1093)
	يحيى بن شرف الحزامي النووي الشافعي Sunni Shafi'ite jurist and hadith scholar (1233–1277), SY (b. 1233)
	يحيى بن عبد العظيم بن يحيى الجزَّار الأنصاري المصري Egyptian poet, EG (b. 1205)

Characteristic surnames

علي, الشامي, الشريف, الخطيب, المصري, المصرى, المطري, القاضي, القيسي, النجار, الفقيه, سليمان, العامري, العراقي, العبيدي, العسيري, الجبوري, المالكي, الوادعي, ابراهيم, عبدالله, البصراوي, الشهري, الزهراني, الشمري, العمري, عمر, سعد, حسن, احمد, عيسى, سالم, سعيد, حسين, حكمي, أحمد, صالح, محمد, قاسم, يوسف, العلي, الدين, عسيري, زكريا, محمود, مصطفى, هزازي, الحربي, and القحطاني