Forename Yahya

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.

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

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Yahya

name Yąhyą, name Yãhya, name יחיא, name Yàhÿâ, name Yáhya, name Yâhÿà, name Yăhyă, name Yahyã, name Yahyá, name Yâhÿâ, name Yãhÿá, name Yàhyã, name Yâhÿa, name Yahya, name Yãhyā, name Yàhya, name يحيى, name Yãhyà, name Yãhýà, name Yahýa, name Яхья, name Yāhyā, name Ýahya, name Yahyâ, name Yăhyã, name Yàhÿã, name Yahÿa, name Yăhýa, name Yâhyã, name Yâhýã, name Yahyā, name Yáhyà, name Yàhyâ, name Yáhyá, name Yàhýa, name Yáhyã, name Yãhyâ, name John, name Yâhýâ, name Yãhyá, name Yāhyã, name Yãhýa, name Yàhyá, name Yàhýà, name Yâhya, name یحیی, name Yâhyà, name Yāhÿā, name Yâhyâ, name يحي, name Yãhÿa, name Yahyà, name Yàhyà, name Yãhyã, name Qur'An, name Yaħyā

VARIANT	COUNTRY
يحيى	Egypt, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia
Yahya	Malaysia, Nigeria, Indonesia, Morocco, Turkey
يحي	Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Sudan, Saudi Arabia
Яхья	Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia
יחיא	Israel
یحیی	Egypt, Afghanistan, Sudan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia

First names said to be same

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,

First name Yahya in the context

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

Notable namesakes

	yahya ben zayd (b. 715)
	yahya ibn yahya al-ghassani (b. 684)
	yahya ibn mu'adh ibn muslim abbasid Provincial governor (9th century) (b. 701)
	yahya al-yazidi Ḳurʾān teacher, grammarian, lexicographer, poet and man of letters, TM (b. 755)
	yahya ibn abd allah (b. 745)
	al-fadl ibn yahya politician (b. 766)
	yahya ibn hassan al-tanisi SY (b. 761)
	yahya al-laithi (b. 769)
	yahya ibn muhammad Sultan of Morocco (829-864) (b. 829)
	yahya ibn omar andolosi (b. 837)
	yahya ibn al-qassim Sultan of Morocco (b. 850)
	yahya ibn al-munajjim (b. 855)
	yahya head of the Bani Tujibi clan (b. 950)
	yahya ibn muhammad ibn hasim al tuyibí (b. 950)
	yahya of antioch Melkite Christian physician (b. 980)