Neema

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled นิหม๊ะ in TH Thailand and Nihma in PH Philippines.

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 3 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◐

Neema is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name2.6K records spelled Neema2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Tanzania, Ethiopia

  Also written Néema

• Spanish given name1.2K records spelled Neema6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, United States, India, United Kingdom

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Neéma, Ñëëmâ, Ñéèmâ, Néema

45 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●

Neema 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 Swahili, grace (free and undeserved favour, especially of God)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Born during prosperous times

  as a name·The book of African names

• In English, Swahili; pleasantness, grace

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• to be well off.

  as a name·African Names

• Grace.

  as a name·The African book of 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) — 93 years between 1916–2016. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Neema Namadamub. 1901CDwomen's and disability rights activist in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Neema Aacharyab. 1947INIndian politician
• Neema William Mgayab. 1980TZTanzanian politician
• Joella Neema Sambob. 1994CDCongolese politician
• Neema Bakhshalianb. 2000USresearcher
• Neema ParviniGBBritish academic

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 · 339 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Neema?

We estimate roughly 1.4 thousand people bear Neema (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Neema have the most bearers?

Neema is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled neema.

How common is Neema compared with other names?

In Tanzania, Neema is the 107th most common given name of 40,746 given names recorded there.

Is Neema a male or female name?

Neema 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 Neema mean?

Recorded meaning: Swahili: born at a prosperous time; grace/favor of God