Takiyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pious or devout; feminine form of Taqiyy.
Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Takiyah by the numbers
Takiyah was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 88 babies in 2005, 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 Takiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean holiness
Like Takiyah, each of these has holiness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariannamost holy; form of Ariadne3,264 in the US (2017)
- Isabelledevoted to God; form of Elizabeth814 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sydneywide meadow or saint Denis2,047 in the US (2017)
- Trinitythe holy trinity or three in one1,864 in the US (2017)
- Izabelladevoted to God; variant of Isabella1,220 in the US (2017)
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