Aleemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-LEE-mah
- Origin
- Arabic
Aleemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “learned, knowing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aleemah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aleema; Arabic alima, feminine of Alim
“learned, knowing”
Feminine of Alim; al-Alim, 'the All-Knowing', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Aleema.
Is Aleemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Aleemah is a girls' name.
How popular is Aleemah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aleemah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aleemah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,809 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
Names like Aleemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aaminah, Farah, Aakifah, Sumayyah, Umaymah, Umamah, Hibah, Azeemah, Ruqayyah, Summer, Zainab
Names related to Aleemah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aleemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aleemah, updated 20 October 2026.