Maimoona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- my-MOO-nah
- Origin
- Arabic
Maimoona is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “blessed”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Maimoona mean?
Arabic: from maymuna
“blessed”
Maymuna bint al-Harith was one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Maimoona a girl's or a boy's name?
Maimoona is a girls' name.
How popular is Maimoona in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maimoona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Maimoona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 12 | #2,319 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Maimoona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Maliha, Safa, Humaira, Habiba, Madiha, Salma, Samira, Summer, Safia, Faiza, Munira
Names related to Maimoona
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, “Maimoona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maimoona, updated 20 October 2026.