Hidaya

Meaning and origin of Hidaya

Popularity of Hidaya in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2024.
• Over recent years, Hidaya has been rising (+9% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Hidaya every 12 schools, all spellings combined.

Hidaya in English-speaking countries

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  1,803^rd girls’ name48 babies in 3 years1 girl in 15,997

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  1,947^th girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 25,750

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  57 babies in 3 years1 girl in 84,773

Rarely or never given (below the publication threshold): British Columbia (Canada), Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland and New Zealand.

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Hidaya and Hidâya are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Hidâya25
• Hidayah (in French)20
• Idaya15

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Hidaya

• Halima
• Soumaya
• Anaya
• Assya
• Kamila
• Yara
• Lilya
• Naïla
• Alia
• Maïssa
• Leyla
• Alyah

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin