Sumayah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning elevated or lofty; variant of Sumaiya.
Sumayah by the numbers
In 2025, 16 babies in England and Wales were named Sumayah. In the US, 16 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 80 babies in 2006, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sumayah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sumayyahlofty, elevated, or high110 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sumayalofty, high, exalted28 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sumaiyahelevated, high, lofty10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Surayahbrightness or star; a form of Surya7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Samayah24 in the US (2017)
- Samiyahexalted, lofty, sublime218 in the US (2017)
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