Maleeha
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning smooth or soft or agreeable.
Maleeha by the numbers
In 2025, 28 babies in England and Wales were named Maleeha. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 15 babies in 2013, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maleeha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Maleeha
Names that are said the same way as Maleeha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Maleeha, 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)
Names about as common as Maleeha
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