Entry № 10866 · Arabic origin

Umayma Umayma — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ oo-MAY-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Little mother (Arabic + foundational)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "little mother (arabic + foundational)".

Umayma is from the Arabic Umayma. A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic heritage aesthetic. Umayma is a foundational name with deep heritage. Arabic Umayma little mother diminutive of Umm + foundational Umayma bint ʿAbd al-Muttalib foundational paternal aunt of Prophet Muhammad + foundational central in pan-Islamic Prophetic-family heritage + foundational Umayma bint Anas foundational central female companion of Prophet + foundational central in pan-Islamic Sahaba (Companions) heritage + foundational pan-Islamic Sira biographical heritage spanning ~1,400 years. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting cultural + historical heritage spanning centuries.

Featured throughout Arabic heritage.

Little mother (Arabic + foundational) Foundational name with deep heritage anchors. Arabic *Umayma* little mother diminutive of *Umm* + foundational Umayma bint ʿAbd al-Muttalib foundational paternal aunt of Prophet Muhammad + foundational central in pan-Islamic Prophetic-family heritage + foundational Umayma bint Anas foundational central female companion of Prophet + foundational central in pan-Islamic Sahaba (Companions) heritage + foundational pan-Islamic Sira biographical heritage spanning ~1,400 years

The name in its native script.

أميمة
Transliteration
Umayma
Pronunciation
/ uːˈmeɪ.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Umayma stands.

Umayma 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.

Umaymas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Umayma bint ʿAbd al-Muttalib
Arabic little mother + Umayma paternal aunt of Prophet Muhammad + Umayma bint Anas female companion of Prophet + Islamic Prophetic-family + Sahaba Companions
Islamic Sira

Names connected to Umayma.

The number behind Umayma.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Umayma reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.