# Yahya

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #37,777

## Definitions
1. a prophet of Islam.
2. A male given name from Arabic.
3. A surname from Arabic.

## Etymology
From Arabic يَحْيَى (yaḥyā), equivalent to John in the Qur'an.

## Easily confused with
- **yay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yahya-vs-yay)
- **yaya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yahya-vs-yaya)
- **Yama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yahya-vs-yama)
- **Yalta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yahya-vs-yalta)
- **yah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yah-vs-yahya)
- **yahoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/yahoo-vs-yahya)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ayhya`, `yahay`, `yahhya`, `yahyya`, `yayha`, `yhaya`, `yyahya`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/yahya