Dictionary Meaning
What Maymouna means
Maymouna (ميمونة, Maymūna) is the name of Maymūna bint al-Ḥārith al-Hilāliyya (d. 681 CE), the last of the Mothers of the Believers — the eleventh and final wife of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, whom he married in 7 AH / 629 CE during ʿUmrat al-Qaḍāʾ. She lived in Madīna into the reign of Muʿāwiya and is buried at Sarif, on the road between Makka and Madīna, where she fell ill and died. The name comes from the root م-ي-م-ن — the root of yumn (blessing, good fortune) and al-yamīn (the right hand — the side associated with blessing in Qur'anic imagery, e.g. Sūrat al-Wāqiʿa's aṣḥāb al-yamīn, "Companions of the Right"). Maymūna therefore means the blessed one, fortunate, of auspicious omen. Variants: Maymouna (Maghrebi-French), Maymouna, Maimuna, Maimunah, Meimuna, the Turkish Meymune. A name that places the daughter under the same prophetic household as the last Mother of the Believers, and prays for her a life of constant blessing.
Every Arabic letter in this name carries a spiritual quality that Urdu inherited from the Islamic tradition. What does Ilm ul Huroof say about names like Maymouna? →
Is this the spelling you searched?
Each spelling is the same name — but different communities have claimed their own form. Every variation has its own search audience, its own tradition, its own moment of recognition.
The letters are the same. But which community spelling carries the story you were born into? Browse all names →
Also spelled
Different communities and regions write this name differently — same letters, same meaning. Click to see the same reading under each spelling.
Variants of this name
Different communities romanize the same Arabic name in different ways. These are the other canonical pages on AsrNaam for this exact Arabic name — each has its own readings, usage notes, and regional context.
The Letters
Reading Maymouna through Ilm ul Huroof
Every Arabic name is a sequence of ontological principles. The first letter governs the outward self. The middle letters govern the interior. The final letter governs how things resolve.
This name opens with Meem — the letter of love. See all names that share this opening →
Meem — Ya — Meem — Waw — Nun — Ta: doubly loving, reaching, connecting, depth, manifestation.
"A name is not a label assigned after the fact. It is a structure of principles that begins its work the moment it is given."
In the tradition of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi
The Portrait
What Maymouna asks of its bearer
The first letter of Maymouna is Meem — an outward self made of love. At the interior, Ya brings an interior of strong selfhood; Meem brings an interior of love and water. These are what the name does without ever announcing it. The closing letter is Alif: everything resolves back to the source. Read together, the letters ask her to embody blessed as a lived structure, not merely a definition.
Famous Bearers
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Maymouna
What does the name Maymouna mean?
The letters that build this meaning each carry their own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Maymouna? →
Is Maymouna mentioned in the Quran?
The Quran shapes Islamic names more than any other source. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Maymouna mean in Urdu?
Urdu preserved Arabic letter meanings through centuries of poetry and scholarship. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Maymouna a good Islamic name?
See the full letter-by-letter spiritual reading of Maymouna above — jump to the letters reading ↑
Is Maymouna a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Maymouna in Ilm ul Huroof?
This reading comes from Ilm ul Huroof — the classical Islamic science of letters, rooted in the tradition of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter is an ontological principle, not merely a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
What names go perfectly with Maymouna as a sibling name?
The related names section above shows names most commonly chosen alongside Maymouna. For a girl named Maymouna, the letter families of Meem (love), Nun (depth), and Ra (mercy) pair most harmoniously.
Is Maymouna a rare or common Muslim name?
Curious how the spelling changes across communities? See all spelling variants above ↑ — or browse all names →
Is your name Maymouna?
Add your parents' names to discover how the field they created shaped your Maymouna nature.
Read My Name Now →