Halima

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Халима in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, KG Kyrgyzstan and 3 more, Halimah in MY Malaysia, ID Indonesia, Khalima in FR France and Haleemah in IQ Iraq.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Halima is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name85K records spelled Halima19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Morocco, United States

  Languages: French, Spanish, Catalan

  Also written Hālimā, Hàlimà, Hăļįmą, Hálimà, Hâlimâ

• Indonesian given name12K records spelled Halima9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Tanzania

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Hålímà, Halimá, Hàlima, Hãlîmã, Hâlîmă

• a separate given name6.7K records spelled Halima7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, India, United States, Ethiopia

  Also written Ḩalima, Halīma, Hälimä, Ḥalimā, Hālima

• Turkish given name4.4K records spelled Halima8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Syria, India

  Languages: Turkish, Turkmen, Azerbaijani

  Also written Hãlima, Hàlîmâ, Hàlima, Hälimä, Häľïmä

• Norwegian Bokmål given name2.5K records spelled Halima10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Tanzania

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Hålima, Hălìmą, Hålįma

• Amharic given name2.0K records spelled Halima5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, Nigeria, India, Morocco

  Also written ሀሊማ, ሃሊማ, Halimaa

56 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Halima is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, patient, tolerant; fem. of Halim. See Halim (m.); Saabira 3,5. Comp. Haalima a.Jt., dreamer

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, clement, patient, tolerant, gentle; feminine of Halim

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In English, dreamer, visionary

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swahili, Swahili/Muslim: 'gentle, humane, kind'

  as a name·African Names

• In Arabic, gentle

  as a name·African Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 103 years between 1900–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Halimah bint Abi Dhuaybb. 550SAnot in their usual namefoster-mother and wetnurse of Muhammad
• Halima Begumb. 1460TRMother of Ismail I
• Halima Nosirovab. 1913UZSoviet opera singer, music educator and actor (1913-2003)
• Magoolb. 1948SOnot in their usual nameSomalian musician (1948–2004)
• Halimah Yacobb. 1954SGnot in their usual name8th President of Singapore
• Halima Bashirb. 1979SDSudanese doctor and author
• Halimah Nakaayib. 1994UGnot in their usual nameUgandan middle-distance runner
• Halimatu Ayindeb. 1995NGnot in their usual nameNigerian association football player
• Halima Adenb. 1997USAmerican-Somali fashion model
• Halima Karaouaneactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 743 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Halima?

We estimate roughly 18 thousand people bear Halima (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Halima have the most bearers?

Halima is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled halima.

How common is Halima compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Halima is the 32nd most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Halima a male or female name?

Halima is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Halima mean?

Recorded meaning: Halima är ett arabiskt namn som betyder ’tålmodig; ömsint’.