Inayah

Meaning and origin of Inayah

Popularity of Inayah in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Inayah has been rising (+10.5% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Inayah every 1.3 schools, all spellings combined.

Inayah in English-speaking countries

Inayah ranks 257^th in England and Wales, against 398^th in France.

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  257^th girls’ name541 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,419+10.2% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  739^th girls’ name46 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,359

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  529^th girls’ name15 babies in 3 years1 girl in 3,625

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  986^th girls’ name6 babies in 3 years1 girl in 10,809

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  1,787^th girls’ name335 babies in 3 years1 girl in 14,424+19.2% a year

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

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Inaya5,830
• Inaïa150
• Innaya105
• Hinaya (in French)50
• Ynaïa (in French)40
• Innayah (in French)30
• Ïnaya25
• Ynaya (in French)25
• Inaaya (in French)20
• Inäya15
• Inayaa15
• Inahya15
• Inayaah10
• Inaïah10
• Inâya10
• Inaÿa10
• Hynaya5
• Hynaïa5
• Ynaïah5
• Inaia5

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 Inayah

• Halima
• Mariame
• Dania
• Safia
• Aïda
• Yousra
• Aïsha
• Sakina
• Ayana
• Amani
• Leyla
• Alyah

See also

• →French names of Arabic origin