Zakiyah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning pure; intelligent; virtuous.
Zakiyah by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Zakiyah. In the US, 85 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 108 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zakiyah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zariyahblooming flower; a form of Zahra389 in the US (2017)
- Zakiyapure, chaste, intelligent47 in the US (2017)
- Zaiyahgrace; beauty; a feminine form of Zayn3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakiyyahpure; feminine form of Zaki9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakirahremembering; masculine form zakir feminized8 in the US (2017)
- Zaniyah334 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zakiyah
Names that are said the same way as Zakiyah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zakyiapure or intelligent; variant of Zakya7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean purity
Like Zakiyah, each of these has purity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Other names that mean wisdom
Like Zakiyah, each of these has wisdom in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sophiawisdom14,848 in the US (2017)
- Sofiawisdom1,490 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
- Sophiewisdom724 in England and Wales (2025)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Zakiyah
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