Haleemah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-LEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Haleemah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle, patient”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Haleemah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Haleema, itself a spelling of Halima
“gentle, patient”
Spelling of Halima; Halimah al-Sadiyah was the Prophet Muhammad's foster mother.
Meaning borrowed from Haleema.
Is Haleemah a girl's or a boy's name?
Haleemah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Haleemah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Haleemah, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 41 girls.
Half of all the girls named Haleemah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 230 girls in the UK were given Haleemah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #232, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Haleemah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,461 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,757 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,548 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 36 | #845 |
| 2004 | 41 | #744 |
| 2003 | 31 | #901 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 28 | #891 |
| 2000 | 34 | #755 |
| 1999 | 29 | #837 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 17 | #1,227 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
Names like Haleemah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Safa, Hibah, Aaminah, Zainab, Farah, Hafsa, Hiba, Habiba
Other spellings of Haleemah
Names related to Haleemah
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, “Haleemah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/haleemah, updated 20 October 2026.