Heyab

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Heyab by the numbers

Heyab was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 5 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Heyab

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

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

  • Hiyab10 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hyab4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hayatlife43 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hayaamodesty, shame, bashfulness21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Heydinoble, of noble birth; a form of Heidi14 in the US (2017)
  • Hayahlife11 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Heyab

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