Entry № 3981 · Arabic origin

Haleemah Haleemah — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ hah-LEE-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Wet-nurse of Prophet Muhammad (Arabic foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "wet-nurse of prophet muhammad (arabic foundational)".

Haleemah is from the Arabic Ḥalīma. A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic heritage aesthetic. Haleemah is a foundational name with deep heritage. Arabic Ḥalīma patient gentle + foundational Halimah Sadia foundational central as wet-nurse + foster mother of Prophet Muhammad + foundational raised infant Muhammad in Bedouin tribe of Banu Saʿd + ~570 CE + foundational central to pan-Islamic Prophetic-biographical heritage + foundational Halimah Yacob former 8th President of Singapore 2017-2023 first female president of Singapore. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Arabic heritage.

Wet-nurse of Prophet Muhammad (Arabic foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Arabic *Ḥalīma* patient gentle + foundational Halimah Sadia foundational central as wet-nurse + foster mother of Prophet Muhammad + foundational raised infant Muhammad in Bedouin tribe of Banu Saʿd + ~570 CE + foundational central to pan-Islamic Prophetic-biographical heritage + foundational Halimah Yacob former 8th President of Singapore 2017-2023 first female president of Singapore

The name in its native script.

حليمة
Transliteration
Ḥalīma
Pronunciation
/ həˈliː.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Haleemah stands.

Haleemah 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.

Haleemahs before her.

Real people

In fiction
Halimah Sadia / Halimah Yacob
Wet-nurse + foster mother of Prophet Muhammad + raised infant Muhammad in Banu Saʿd ~570 CE + Halimah Yacob 8th President of Singapore 2017-2023 first female president
Islamic + Singapore

Names connected to Haleemah.

The number behind Haleemah.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Haleemah reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.