Sohaib
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.
Sohaib by the numbers
In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Sohaib. In the US, 9 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 16 babies in 2002, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Sohaib
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 Sohaib. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sohailcanopus star; gentle or easy4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Suhaibreddish brown; pure14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sahibmaster; lord; companion40 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sohami am that; spiritual self-realization mantra46 in the US (2017)
- Sohanpleasant, agreeable30 in the US (2017)
- Suhaybreddish; blond-haired23 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sohaib
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