Naima

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Наима in KZ Kazakhstan, RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and 1 more, Najma in IN India, PK Pakistan, ID Indonesia, Nazma in BD Bangladesh and נג'מה in IL Israel.

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◐

Naima is also recorded as 8 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name7.8K records spelled Naima7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Ethiopia

  Also written Naïma, Naîma, Nai͏̈ma, Naíma, Nāīma

• Finnish given name5.2K records spelled Naima5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Estonia, Spain, Morocco

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Naïma, Ñaimã

• Indonesian given name3.8K records spelled Naima9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Na'Ima, Naïma, Naîma, Ñäîmå, Nâîmã

• Sinhala given name470 records spelled Naima2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Tanzania

  Also written Naïma

• Croatian given name262 records spelled Naima16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Kazakhstan, Morocco, Croatia, India

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Найма, Наима, Naïmä, Naïma, Naîma

• Persian given name226 records spelled Naima4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Türkiye, Syria, United States

  Languages: Persian, Tajik

  Also written Naīmā, Naïma

• Czech given name125 records spelled Naima5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Morocco, Spain, United States

  Languages: Czech, Slovak

  Also written Naïma, Ňaimâ, Ñãïmā

• Hebrew surname87 records spelled Naima13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, Morocco, Qatar, Libya

  Also written נעים, נאים, Naim, Naeem, Na'Im

33 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●

Naima 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, happiness, peacefulness, comfort, ease, pleasure, smoothness, tenderness, bliss; fem. of Naim

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swedish, Naima är dels en svensk ombildning av → Naemi, dels ett arabiskt namn med betydelsen ’lugn, sorgfri’ (den manliga motsvarigheten är Naim). I den rikssvenska almanackan 17 november. Naja, Najah → Naya

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Arabic, delicate, soft, smooth

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• La que obtiene o alcanza la felicidad

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

• In German, weibl. Vom.; weibliche Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

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) — 95 years between 1894–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Naima Sahlbomb. 1871SESwedish chemist and peace activist (1871-1957)
• Naima Wifstrandb. 1890SESwedish actress (1890–1968)
• Naima Akefb. 1929EGEgyptian belly dancer, film actress, acrobat, and performer
• Najma Heptullab. 1940INnot in their usual nameIndian politician
• Najma Idreesb. 1952KWnot in their usual nameKuwaiti writer and poet
• Najma Akhtarb. 1962GBnot in their usual namesinger
• Naima El Bezazb. 1974MAMoroccan-Dutch writer
• Naima Morab. 1984USAmerican fashion model
• Nida Manzoorb. 1989GBnot in their usual nameBritish screenwriter and director
• Naima Sebeb. 1992DEGerman actress

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 · 835 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Naima?

We estimate roughly 26 thousand people bear Naima (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Naima have the most bearers?

Naima is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled najma.

How common is Naima compared with other names?

In India, Naima is the 423rd most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Naima a male or female name?

Naima 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 Naima mean?

Recorded meaning: (na‘eemah): happiness, peaceful, comfort, bliss; fem.