Yahya (name)

Yahya (Arabic: يحيى, romanized: Yaḥyā), also spelled Yehya, is an Arabic male given name.

[a] It is an Arabic form of the Aramaic given name Yohanan (Hebrew: יְהוֹחָנָן‎, romanized: Yəhoḥānān, lit.

'Yahweh is gracious') of John the Baptist in Islam, who is considered a prophet.

For this reason, Yahya is a comparatively common name in the Muslim world.

The related Biblical name of Jehiah (Hebrew: יְחִיָּה, romanized: Yəḥiyā, lit.