Nordic Names

Nordic Names

Yahya

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Origin and Meaning

1) Latin spelling of يحيى (Yahya), an Arabic form of Johannes [1]

2) Arabic name meaning 'to give someone a long life' [2]

Related Names

Yahya ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Arabic
Yahye ♂
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
Frequency of occurance as female nameFrequency of occurance as male name
 Arabic

Further Information

Yahya is a name used among immigrants from Arabic-speaking countries, but is very rarely used in the Nordic countries by people without an immigration background

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country
Commonness
Commonness
Total Female ♀ Male ♂
as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&		as
main
name#		also
middle
name&
Sweden Sweden[3]
967 1507 0 184 967 1323
Denmark Denmark[4]
257
n.a.
 0
n.a.
 257
n.a.
Finland Finland[5]
n.a.
 279
n.a.
 36
n.a.
 243
Iceland Iceland[6]
2 2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
Norway Norway[7]
219
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
 219
n.a.
Greenland Greenland[8]
0 0
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published
for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent Statistics Trend

Name statistics for Yahya (m) Sources: [3][4][7][5]


References

  1. ↑ Mike Campbell: Behind the name http://www.behindthename.com
  2. ↑ Eva Villarsen Meldgaard: Ordbog over muslimske fornavne i Danmark (2005)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
  6. ↑ Hagstofa Íslands, National statistics office of Iceland, http://www.hagstofan.is/
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  8. ↑ Grønlands Statistik, Statistics office of Greenland, http://www.stat.gl/
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