Halema
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ha-LEE-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Halema is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “gentle, patient”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Halema 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 Halema a girl's or a boy's name?
Halema is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Halema in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Halema, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2000, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Halema than any year since 2008.
In 2025, 230 girls in the UK were given Halema or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #232, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Halema in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Halema
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba Humaira Faiza Sabiha Saba Waziha Fariha Nafisa Hanifa Afifa Safia Fatiha
Other spellings of Halema
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Halema: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/halema, updated 20 October 2026.