Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Kulsoom Name Meaning in Islam
The full-cheeked, the round-faced, the beloved one, from the root ك-ل-ث-م (kulthum.
- Meaning
- The full-cheeked, the round-faced, the beloved one, from the root ك-ل-ث-م (kulthum: a full-faced person)
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ك-ل-ث
- Urdu
- کلثوم
- Pronunciation
- KUL-soom
- Lucky number
- 2
Is Kulsoom an Islamic name? Yes. Kulsoom is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: The full-cheeked, the round-faced, the beloved one, from the root ك-ل-ث-م (kulthum: a full-faced person). It was carried by Kulsoom Nawaz. 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
ك-ل-ث. From k-l-th, full-cheeked, plump. Same root as Kulthum.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Kulsoom's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Karim, the Generous, carried by a person as an open-handed generosity of spirit. A person named Kulsoom lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The full-cheeked, the round-faced, the beloved one, from the root ك-ل-ث-م (kulthum: a full-faced person). In classical Arabic the term denotes a face full of life and good fortune, the kind of cheeked-out healthiness associated with a child loved beyond measure.
The name is most famously borne by Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad ﷺ (RA), the Prophet's third daughter by Khadijah (RA). She was married first to Utbah ibn Abi Lahab, but he divorced her at his father's command after Surah al-Lahab was revealed. She emigrated to Madinah, married Uthman ibn Affan after the death of her sister Ruqayyah (earning him the title Dhu al-Nurayn. Possessor of the Two Lights, for marrying two daughters of the Prophet), and died in 9 AH. The Prophet ﷺ wept at her funeral and said no one but a man who had not known her in marriage could descend into her grave.
The name passed into the wider Muslim world and reached its peak fame through Umm Kulthum, the great Egyptian singer (1898-1975), whose voice united the Arab world. Top Pakistani-Urdu girls name. Variants: Kulsum, Kulsoom, Kulthum, Kulthoom, Kalthoum (Maghrebi). The Arabic is كُلْثُوم.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Kulsoom Nawaz . Three-time First Lady of Pakistan as wife of Nawaz Sharif and member of the National Assembly
How to Pronounce Kulsoom
Variants of this name
Different romanisations of Kulsoom live on different pages, each with its own context, region, and notes.
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They are the same name. Kulsoom is also written Kolsoom, Koolsoom, Kulsoum and Kulsuom. One name, several romanisations of كُلْثُوم.
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Like Kulsoom, these names carry Kaf (ك) as their leading letter influence.
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