Entry № 2545 · Arabic origin

Dima Dima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ DEE-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Heavy rain (Arabic + foundational)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "heavy rain (arabic + foundational)".

Dima is from the Arabic Dīma. A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic heritage aesthetic. Dima is a foundational name with deep heritage. Arabic Dīma continuous heavy rain steady downpour + foundational central in Arabic naming heritage + foundational central in classical Arabic poetic-aesthetic vocabulary + foundational central in pre-Islamic qaṣīda desert-rain poetry + foundational nasib love-prelude opening section of qaṣīda + foundational pan-Arabic poetic heritage spanning ~1,500 years. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Arabic heritage.

Heavy rain (Arabic + foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Arabic *Dīma* continuous heavy rain steady downpour + foundational central in Arabic naming heritage + foundational central in classical Arabic poetic-aesthetic vocabulary + foundational central in pre-Islamic *qaṣīda* desert-rain poetry + foundational *nasib* love-prelude opening section of qaṣīda + foundational pan-Arabic poetic heritage spanning ~1,500 years

The name in its native script.

ديمة
Transliteration
Dīma
Pronunciation
/ ˈdiː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Dima stands.

Dima does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Dimas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Classical Arabic qaṣīda
Arabic heavy rain + pre-Islamic qaṣīda desert-rain poetry + nasib love-prelude opening + pan-Arabic poetic heritage ~1500 years
Arabic poetry

Names connected to Dima.

The number behind Dima.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Dima reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.