Yaḥyā
يَحْيَى
Say it YAH-yaa
Said to mean “he lives”
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Scholars differ: Arabic, or from another language
- In English
- John (the Baptist)
- Found in
- The Qurʾān: 3:39, 6:85, 8:42 The prophets
- Also spelled
- Yahya, Yahiya, Yehya
Meaning & source
Said to be non-Arabic, or Arabic. On the Arabic view it means “he lives”: al-Kirmānī said he was so named because Allah gave him life through faith. He was the first to bear the name (Qurʾān 19:7).
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ويحيى اسم عجمي وَقِيلَ عَرَبِيٌّ قَالَ الْوَاحِدِيُّ وَعَلَى الْقَوْلَيْنِ لَا يَنْصَرِفُ قَالَ الْكِرْمَانِيُّ: وَعَلَى الثَّانِي إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ بِهِ لِأَنَّهُ أَحْيَاهُ اللَّهُ بِالْإِيمَانِ
Who carried this name
- The Prophet Yaḥyā (peace be upon him) Qurʾān 3:39