Yehia

Meaning of Yehia

Yehia is a masculine given name of Arabic provenance, functioning as a variant of the classical appellation Yahya—an Arabic cognate of the Hebrew Yochanan—connoting “he lives” within Semitic onomastic systems. Phonetically, it is articulated in Modern Standard Arabic as /jɑˈhiːə/ (transliterated yay-HEE-uh), with stress on the second syllable. Historically, the name is indelibly linked to the Islamic prophet Yahya, whose narrative parallels that of the Judeo-Christian John the Baptist and thus situates Yehia within a broader Abrahamic cultural heritage. An analytical review of United States Social Security Administration data from 1999 through 2024 reveals that Yehia retains low-frequency usage, with annual occurrences ranging from five to twenty and rank positions between #807 and #933, peaking at twenty instances in 2023 before a decline to six in 2024. This quantitative profile underscores the name’s relative rarity in Anglo-American contexts while reflecting a measured emergent adoption by parents seeking names that combine historical resonance with distinctive cultural identity.

Pronunciation

Arabic

• Pronunced as yay-HEE-uh (/jɑˈhiːə/)

• Youssef
• Yasin
• Yasser
• Yaseen
• Yahya
• Yaqub
• Yousuf