Girl Names That Start With U
88 names, 82 with a documented meaning, from 5 origins.
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93% of the names in Girl Names That Start With U have a documented meaning.
By recorded origin: Arabic 17, Sanskrit 4. 67 names carry no language label.
11 names are in the 2024 US Social Security file. Best ranked: Unique (#2,188, girls), Ulani (#2,524, girls), Uma (#2,711, girls), Umaiza (#7,937, girls), Ula (#11,069, girls).
Counts are distinct names; a name recorded for both genders counts once. A documented meaning is a real gloss in our data, not an import placeholder. Origin is the label recorded in the dataset: "English", "Muslim" and "Quranic" are collection labels, not languages, so they are counted as no language label. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
Girl Names That Start With U
| Name | Meaning | Origin | US rank 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Umaiza | Adorable, Bright, Beautiful, Soft Hearted, One having good qualities. | Muslim | #7937 |
| Ula | Uppermost, highest, High rank, prestige, glory. | Muslim | #11069 |
| Umrah | It's an Arabic name for girls and less commonly for boys that means minor pilgrimage, when Muslims perform the pilgrimage to Mecca during a time of the year other than the Hajj season. Its literal meaning is overhaul, restoration, revival. | Arabic | #12120 |
| Urwa | Support, handhold. Description of Ayesha by Muhammad. | Muslim | #13427 |
| Umaimah | Diminutive of Umm, mother. Name of Sahabiyah (RA). | Muslim | #15243 |
| Umaira | Living a long life, living long. | Muslim | #15243 |
| Uswa | Sunnah, practice. | Muslim | #15243 |
| Uzma | Greatest, more magnificent, supreme, more glorious, fem. of Azam. | Muslim | #15243 |
| Ubaab | Waves, heavy rain | Muslim | |
| Ubab | Waves, heavy rain. | Muslim | |
| Ubaida | Servant of Allah, worshiper of Allah | Muslim | |
| Ubayaa | Ubayaa is an Arabic name for girls that means beautiful. | Arabic | |
| Ubayaat | Ubayaat is an Arabic name for girls that means beautiful. | Arabic | |
| Udaina | Udaina is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means little Adan (little Eden). Adan means place of everlasting bliss. It is derived from the AIN-D-N root which is used in many places in the Quran.. Udaina is also a name for boys if taken from the A-DHAL-N root, with meanings of listener, obedient. | Quranic | |
| Udaysah | This was the name of the narrator of Hadith, daughter of Ahban al-Ghifariyah. | Muslim | |
| Udoola | Justified. | Muslim | |
| Ufairah | Ufairah is an indirect Quranic name for girls that refers to a type of gazelle.. | Quranic | |
| Ugay | Kind of Necklace. | Muslim | |
| Ugbaad | Roses | Muslim | |
| Uhaidah | Uhaidah is an Arabic name for girls that means covenant, promise. | Arabic | |
| Uhayra | Courage | Muslim | |
| Uhee | Soul, A flower who touches heart | Muslim | |
| Uhud | Uhud is an indirect Quranic name for boys that is the name of a mountain near the city of Madina in Saudi Arabia, which was the site of the second major battle in Islamic history. The word Uhud is derived from the A-H6-D root (one, single), but the meaning of Uhud itself is unclear. | Quranic | |
| Ujala | Light of the universe | Muslim | |
| Ulema | Intelligent one | Muslim | |
| Ulfah | Harmony, intimacy, Friendship, Familiar, love. | Muslim | |
| Ulfat | Love, Affection, Familiarity, Intimacy | Muslim | |
| Ulwiyat | Sublimity | Muslim | |
| Ulya | Noble, Elevated, Exulted, sublime, elevated, lofty, high, a women of highest social standing. class of people who live in Illiyyeen, those who have the highest rank in Paradise. | Muslim | |
| Umaima | Umaima is an indirect Quranic name for girls that comes from Umm (mother). It means little Umm, i.e. little mother, a loving nickname for a little girl, suggesting that one day she will grow up and be a mother. It is derived from the A-M-M root which is used in many places in the Quran. | Quranic | |
| Umairah | She was the daughter of Alqamah. | Muslim | |
| Umama | Proper name. Name of grand daughter of the Prophet Muhammad. | Muslim | |
| Umamah | Proper name, young mother, name of the Prophet's granddaughter. | Muslim | |
| Umara | Umara is an indirect Quranic name for boys and girls. It is an ancient Arabic name, for this reason its meaning is not perfectly determinate, but its root is Ain-M-R, which has meanings of to build, to maintain, to tend to, to enliven, to inhabit, to settle in, which is used in many places in the Quran. | Quranic | |
| Umarah | Habitation, Old Arabic name | Arabic | |
| Umayma | Little mother. | Muslim | |
| Umaymah | Young mother | Muslim | |
| Umaynah | Daughter of Anas bin Malik. She had this name and had narrated Hadith. | Muslim | |
| Umayrah | She was the daughter of Alqamah | Muslim | |
| Umayyah | Famous Arabian tribe, A narrator of hadith | Muslim | |
| Umm | Mother, Used as an attributive, to make a compound of which the first part is Umm. | Muslim | |
| Umm-E-Kulsum | Daughter of the Prophet Muhammad, married to Khalifa Usman (uthman) after the death of her sister Ruqayya. | Muslim | |
| Umm-Kalthum | Name of the Prophets daughter | Muslim | |
| Umm-Kulthum | One with round face | Muslim | |
| Umm-Sulaim | Name of a Sahabiyah RA. | Muslim | |
| Ummah | Ummah is an Arabic name for girls that means nation, community. It is used 52 times in the Quran. | Arabic | |
| Ummaiman | Blessed | Muslim | |
| Ummayyah | She was a narrator of Hadith | Muslim | |
| Ummhamdi | Thankful | Muslim | |
| Ummid | Hope. | Muslim | |
| Ummul-Hanaa | Happiness, Laughter, Joy and Delight.Ummul Hanaa is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means source of happiness and peace. Umm means mother and Hanaa means happiness and peace. Umm is used in Arabic to make an attribute stronger and to say that the person is the source of this attribute. | Quranic | |
| Ummul-Khair | Nice mother | Muslim | |
| Umnia | Gift | Muslim | |
| Umniya | Wish, desire, hope. | Muslim | |
| Umniyah | a wish, an aspiration | Muslim | |
| Unaiza | Sheep/Goat, Name of a Valley between Makkah and Taif. | Muslim | |
| Unaysah | Friendly, Affable | Muslim | |
| Unayzee | Unayzee is an Arabic name for girls that means one who is like a little female gazelle (in beauty and cuteness). | Arabic | |
| Unaza | The one and only | Muslim | |
| Unnati | development, progress | Sanskrit | |
| Unquda | Bunch of grapes, Promise. | Muslim | |
| Unsa | Woman | Muslim | |
| Upasana | worship, reverence | Sanskrit | |
| Uraifah | Uraifah is an Arabic name for girls that means good scent. It can also be the diminutive form of Arafah, which is the name of mountain near Mecca. | Arabic | |
| Urja | power, energy | Sanskrit | |
| Urooba | Woman who loves her husband. | Muslim | |
| Urooj | Ascension, mounting, rising. | Muslim | |
| Uroosa | Bride, heroine, Happiness. | Muslim | |
| Urshia | One who belongs in the skies | Muslim | |
| Urwah | Support, Handle,Name of A Prominent Sahabi i.e. companion of the Prophet Muhammad. | Muslim | |
| Ushna | Fragrant, Beautiful girl. | Muslim | |
| Ushta | Everlasting happiness,Illumination | Muslim | |
| Usmanah | Usmanah or Uthmanah is an Arabic name for girls that means baby snake. It also means baby houbara, which a large type of bird. It is the feminine form of Usman/Uthman, which is the name of the third Muslim leader (caliph) after the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah upon him and his companions. | Arabic | |
| Usraat | Usraat is an Arabic name for girls that means refuge, shelter, place of safety. | Arabic | |
| Utaiqah | Utaiqah is an Arabic name for girls that means generosity, goodness, virtue. | Arabic | |
| Utairah | Utairah is an Arabic name for girls that means fragrant, one who smells like perfume. | Arabic | |
| Utaybah | A narrator of Hadith and daughter of Abdul Malik had this name. | Muslim | |
| Uwaisah | Bilberry, whortleberry | Muslim | |
| Uwaysah | Bilberry, whortleberry | Muslim | |
| Uzaibah | Uzaibah is an Arabic name for girls that means fresh, sweet. | Arabic | |
| Uzaizah | Uzaizah is an Arabic name for girls that means mighty, powerful, one who has a strong sense of honor. | Arabic | |
| Uzrat | Uzrat is an Arabic name for girls that means virginity (the state of being a virgin). | Arabic | |
| Unique | English | #2188 | |
| Ulani | English | #2524 | |
| Uma | Sanskrit | #2711 | |
| Ubah | Muslim | ||
| Usaimah | Arabic | ||
| Usaymah | Arabic |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.