In the entire world, Yahya (يحيى 
, Yahya 
, يحي 
, along with others...) is a widespread principally masculine, but very seldom female first name. The first name Yahya is characteristic of Saudi Arabia, where it is a common boy's name, Syria, where it is a common predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine name, and Morocco (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Morocco. Also, Yahya is the last name as well as the forename.
Yahya is also a name from the Bible. Explore more in our Biblical names portal!
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| يحيى | Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen, Iraq |
| Yahya | Nigeria, Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey |
| يحي | Syria, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Yemen |
| Яхья | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia |
| יחיא | Israel |
| یحیی | Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Sudan, Iraq |
John, Qur'An, Yahyà, Yahyá, Yahyâ, Yahyã, Yahyā, Yahýa, Yahÿa, Yaħyā, Yàhya, Yàhyà, Yàhyá, Yàhyâ, Yàhyã, Yàhýa, Yàhýà, Yàhÿâ, Yàhÿã, Yáhya, Yáhyà, Yáhyá, Yáhyã, Yâhya, Yâhyà, Yâhyâ, Yâhyã, Yâhýâ, Yâhýã, Yâhÿa, Yâhÿà, Yâhÿâ, Yãhya, Yãhyà, Yãhyá, Yãhyâ, Yãhyã, Yãhyā, Yãhýa, Yãhýà, Yãhÿa, Yãhÿá, Yāhyã, Yāhyā, Yāhÿā, Yăhyã, Yăhyă, Yăhýa, Yąhyą, Ýahya,
Yahya is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: يحيى راشد , character in The Blue Elephant.
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yahya ben zayd (b. 715) |
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| yahya ibn yahya al-ghassani (b. 684) |
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| yahya ibn mu'adh ibn muslim abbasid Provincial governor (9th century) (b. 701) |
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| yahya al-yazidi Ḳurʾān teacher, grammarian, lexicographer, poet and man of letters, TM (b. 755) |
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| yahya ibn abd allah (b. 745) |
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| al-fadl ibn yahya politician (b. 766) |
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| yahya ibn hassan al-tanisi SY (b. 761) |
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| yahya al-laithi (b. 769) |
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| yahya ibn muhammad Sultan of Morocco (829-864) (b. 829) |
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| yahya ibn omar andolosi (b. 837) |
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| yahya ibn al-qassim Sultan of Morocco (b. 850) |
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| yahya ibn al-munajjim (b. 855) |
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yahya head of the Bani Tujibi clan (b. 950) |
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| yahya ibn muhammad ibn hasim al tuyibí (b. 950) |
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| yahya of antioch Melkite Christian physician (b. 980) |
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