Omaima
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- oh-MY-ma
- Origin
- Arabic
Omaima is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little mother”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Omaima mean?
Arabic: variant of Arabic Umayma, a diminutive of umm 'mother'
“little mother”
Variant of Umayma; Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib was an aunt of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Omaima a girl's or a boy's name?
Omaima is a girls' name.
How popular is Omaima in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 6 girls.
Omaima in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Omaima
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Humaira, Habiba, Sabiha, Faiza, Nafisa, Safia, Afifa, Waziha, Saba, Umaima, Fatiha, Fariha
Names related to Omaima
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, “Omaima: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/omaima, updated 20 October 2026.