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

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