Hayaa

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning modesty, shame, bashfulness.

Babies a year
21
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1454
21 babies

Hayaa by the numbers

In 2025, 21 babies in England and Wales were named Hayaa.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hayaa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hayalife95 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hayatlife43 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hawaaair, breeze; variant of Hawa21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hanaahappiness; contentment12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hayaatlife, existence12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hayahlife11 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean gentleness

Like Hayaa, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
  • Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
  • Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)

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