It is also of Egyptian origin, where its meaning is "given by G-d".

Yahya, is generally used as a boy's name. It consists of 5 letters and 3 syllables and is pronounced Ya-hy-a.

In 2012, it was not one of the top 1000 most popular U.S. boys names.

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Yahya has no nicknames.

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