Given name
Suhaylah
“a gentle woman; bright star”
Suhaylah is a variant of Suhaila. In Arabic use, Suhaila carries the interpretation “a gentle woman; bright star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Suhaylah is a variant of Suhaila. In Arabic use, Suhaila carries the interpretation “a gentle woman; bright star.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Suhaylah connects to the Suhail name family through Suhaila. An origin associated with Suhail is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suhaylah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 333
- 0 boys · 333 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #9,388 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −42%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,388 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 42.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 2015.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Suhaylah’s family of names
Suhaylah has a related form in Suhaila.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Suhaylah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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