Shaïma
given name · French · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Shaïma is a given name, most frequently recorded in Egypt. In Oman it is the 62nd most common given name. It appears chiefly in French and Arabic, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: daughter of Halima, the wet nurse of the Prophet Muhammad.
- KWKuwait1 in 1.3K◐
- AEUnited Arab Emirates1 in 4.7K
- EGEgypt1 in 13K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈2.7K ●
- 2 ●
- Sources
- 130 ●
- 1 in 46K ◐
across 7 countries
recorded for this name
14K records
Official registry-verified
Sweden
Spellings & scripts●
Locally spelled Shaima in FR France, EG Egypt, US United States and 24 more and Шайма in RU Russia.
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●
daughter of Halima, the wet nurse of the Prophet Muhammad
Sources 3
- Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Nordic Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | — | 3,003 | 693 rec. | — | listed | Shaima | 50 |
| KW Kuwait | #135 | 1,818 | 498 rec. | — | — | Shaima | 40 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #235 | 1,595 | 897 rec. | — | — | Shaima | 82 |
| FR France | — | 1,395 | 3.5K rec. | 1 in 49K | 1.9K | Shaima | 130 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | — | 1,135 | 269 rec. | — | listed | Shaima | 73 |
| US United States | — | 808 | 2.4K rec. | 1 in 412K | 808 | Shaima | 95 |
| PH Philippines | — | 522 | 268 rec. | — | — | Shaima | 17 |
| RU Russia | — | 507 | 348 rec. | — | — | Шайма | 53 |
| OM Oman | #62 | 457 | 426 rec. | — | — | Shaima | 27 |
| IQ Iraq | — | 452 | 354 rec. | — | — | Shaima | 18 |
| TR Türkiye | — | 441 | 482 rec. | — | — | Shaima | 9 |
| IN India | — | 406 | 352 rec. | — | 16 | Shaima | 35 |
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Languages●
- French1.5K98%
- Arabic221%
- English81%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| French | 1,542 | 98% |
| Arabic | 22 | 1% |
| English | 8 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Evidence●
Attested in 6 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 710 | #2,304 |
| RE Réunion | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) | 2020 | 5 | #430 |
| BE Belgium | Statbel — Prénoms nouveau-nés (newborns) | 2013 | 5 | #1,444 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 5 | #34,383 |
| RE Réunion | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) | 2017 | 5 | #446 |
| RE Réunion | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) | 2013 | 5 | #434 |
| RE Réunion | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 974 (Réunion) | 2012 | 5 | #457 |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2018 | 1 | — |
| DE Germany | Stadt München Open Data — Vornamen von Nulljährigen | 2020 | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 9 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Shaïma?
- We estimate roughly 2.7 thousand people bear Shaïma (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.
- In which country does Shaïma have the most bearers?
- Shaïma is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled shaima.
- How common is Shaïma compared with other names?
- In Oman, Shaïma is the 62nd most common given name of 5,236 given names recorded there.
- Is Shaïma a male or female name?
- Shaïma 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 Shaïma mean?
- Recorded meaning: daughter of Halima, the wet nurse of the Prophet Muhammad
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shaïma” — the 62nd most common given name in Oman. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.