Alimah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
Alimah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “learned, knowing”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Alimah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Alima; feminine of Alim
“learned, knowing”
From the Arabic root for knowledge; al-Alim, 'the All-Knowing', is one of the names of God in Islam.
Meaning borrowed from Alima.
Is Alimah a girl's or a boy's name?
Alimah is a girls' name.
How popular is Alimah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alimah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alimah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Alimah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Farah, Aakifah, Aaminah, Sumayyah, Umamah, Hibah, Umaymah, Azeemah, Safia, Aafiyah, Habiba
Names related to Alimah
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, “Alimah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alimah, updated 20 October 2026.