Sakinah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning peaceful, calm, tranquil.
Sakinah by the numbers
In 2025, 11 babies in England and Wales were named Sakinah. In the US, 10 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 52 babies in 1976, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sakinah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sakinatranquility; peace; serenity38 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarinahprincess; a form of Sarah8 in the US (2017)
- Sakiyahwater-carrier; feminine of saqiy7 in the US (2017)
- Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
- Sariyahprincess; a variant of Seraiah or Sarah313 in the US (2017)
- Saniyahradiant, brilliant244 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sakinah
Names that are said the same way as Sakinah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean peace
Like Sakinah, each of these has peace in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Oliviaolive tree; symbol of peace18,642 in the US (2017)
- Serenitythe state of being serene or peaceful3,543 in the US (2017)
- Freddiepeaceful ruler; from Frederick2,526 in England and Wales (2025)
- Paytonpeace settlement or town; variant of Paxton1,922 in the US (2017)
- Harmonyharmony, agreement, concordance1,694 in the US (2017)
- Maliacalm, peaceful; hawaiian form of Mary1,416 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sakinah
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