Given name
Sumayah
“one with pride”
Sumayah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one with pride.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one with pride.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1983. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sumayah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 562
- 0 boys · 562 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 80 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,695 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +15%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,695 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 80 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 470 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sumayah’s family of names
Sumayah has a related form in Sumaya. Sumayah has a related form in Sumaiya. Sumayah has a related form in Sumayyah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sumayavariant
- Sumayyavariant
- Sumayyahvariant
- Sumaiyavariant
- Sumaiyahvariant
- Summayahlikely variant
- Sumaiyyavariant
- Sumaeyahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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