Umayma
Girl · oo-MAY-ma · Arabic
Umayma is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little mother”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Umayma mean?
Arabic: spelling of Umaymah; diminutive of umm, mother
“little mother”
Umaymah bint Abd al-Muttalib was a paternal aunt of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- oo-MAY-ma
Meaning borrowed from Umaymah.
Is Umayma a girl's or a boy's name?
Umayma 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 Umayma in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Umayma, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Umayma in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 38 girls in the UK were given Umayma or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #882, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
- Umaymah 29
- Umayma 9
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Umayma in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,658 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
Names like Umayma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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