Entry № 2309 · Arabic origin

Sukaina Sukaina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ soo-KIE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Little tranquil one (Husayn's daughter)"
Syllables
3
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "little tranquil one (husayn's daughter)".

Sukaina (سكينة) is the diminutive of the Arabic sakīna (tranquility, divine presence). **Sayyida Sukaina bint al-Husayn (c. 671-735)** was the daughter of Imam Husayn and great-granddaughter of Prophet Muhammad — a poet and patron of literature in early Islamic Medina.

Highly venerated in Shia Islam.

Little tranquil one. The Prophet's great-granddaughter.

The name in its native script.

سكينة
Transliteration
Sukayna
Pronunciation
/ suːˈkaɪ.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sukaina stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Sukaina · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Sukainas before her.

Real people
Sukaina bint al-Husayn
Prophet Muhammad's great-granddaughter.
c. 671 – 735
In fiction
Sukaina
Common in Arabic-Islamic fiction.

Names connected to Sukaina.

The number behind Sukaina.

5

The Free Spirit

Sukaina reduces to five — the number of Arabic tranquility.

Why families chose this name.

"Prophet's great-granddaughter. Seven letters. Sukaina."
Reem · Mother of one · Medina