Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Jumana Name Meaning in Islam
From the Arabic jumāna (جمانة), a single pearl, especially the small, round, well-formed pearl that the.
- Meaning
- From the Arabic jumāna (جمانة), a single pearl, especially the small, round, well-formed pearl that the classical pearl-divers of the Gulf prized
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ج-م-ن
- Urdu
- جمانہ
- Pronunciation
- ju-MA-na
- Lucky number
- 9
Is Jumana an Islamic name? Yes. Jumana is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: From the Arabic jumāna (جمانة), a single pearl, especially the small, round, well-formed pearl that the classical pearl-divers of the Gulf prized. It was carried by Jumana Murad. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ج-م-ن. From Persian gawhar / jumān, silver pearl, Arabized in classical naming.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Jumana joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Jami, the Gatherer, carried as the ability to gather people around what matters, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Jumana tends to build things that outlast them.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
From the Arabic jumāna (جمانة), a single pearl, especially the small, round, well-formed pearl that the classical pearl-divers of the Gulf prized. Classical Arabic poetry uses jumāna as a name of beauty: the cheek of the beloved is a jumāna, the dewdrop on the leaf is a jumāna. The Gulf pearl industry (until the 1930s collapse with cultured pearls) made the word a daily image of value across coastal Arabian and East African families.
A widely-used girls' name across the Arab world, especially in the Gulf and the Levant, from the late twentieth century onward. Bearer notes: Jumana Murad, Jordanian actress; Jumana Karout, Lebanese-American business executive.
Variants: Jumanah, Jomana, Joumana, Joumanah. Compound: Jumana al-Bahr (the pearl of the sea). Same pearl-family: Lulu (pearl), Lulwa (single pearl), Marjan (coral). Compare Yara (small precious thing), Lina (delicate).
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Jumana Murad . Jordanian-Egyptian actress, leading lady of Arabic television drama in the 2000s
How to Pronounce Jumana
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Jumana
What does the name Jumana mean?
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Is Jumana mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Jumana mean in Urdu?
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Is Jumana a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Jumana in Ilm ul Huroof?
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