Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Umayma Name Meaning in Islam
Little mother, companion, mother of Zaynab bint Jahsh.
- Meaning
- Little mother, companion, mother of Zaynab bint Jahsh
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- امیمہ
- Pronunciation
- u-MAY-ma
- Lucky number
- 6
Is Umayma an Islamic name? Yes. Umayma is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Little mother, companion, mother of Zaynab bint Jahsh. 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
أ-م-م, diminutive of umm. Umayma bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib was the Prophet's ﷺ aunt.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Alif of origin opens, Meem of love, Ya of reaching, Meem of love, Ta of completion. A small motherhood bracketed in love.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
The letters in Umayma cluster around fire, the element of will, warmth, and forward motion. This is a name that leans toward decisiveness and radiance, with the courage to begin what others hesitate to. Threaded through it is Al-Ahad, the One, carried by a person as a singular, undivided presence. A person named Umayma is likely to warm the rooms they enter and to lead by lit example.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Little mother, from root أ-م-م (amma, to lead, to be a mother). أميمة (Umayma, little mother, the diminutive of umm). Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib (RA) was the aunt of the Prophet ﷺ and the mother of Zaynab bint Jahsh (RA), the Prophet's wife whose marriage was given special divine attention in the Quran (33:37). Umayma was also the mother of Abdallah ibn Jahsh, the commander at Badr and a great companion.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Umayma
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They are the same name. Umayma is also written Umaymah. One name, several romanisations of أميمة.
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Names sharing the م Meem influence
Like Umayma, these names carry Meem (م) as their leading letter influence.
Variants of this name
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