Halima
Appearance
Halima or Halimah (Template:Lang-ar) /halima/, pronounced ha-LEE-mah, is a female given name of Arabic origin. Its meaning is gentle, mild-mannered and generous.
Halima has variant transliterations such as Haleema. When followed by a name beginning with a vowel, it may take the form Halimat.
It may refer to:
People
- Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, the prophet Muhammad's foster mother.
- Halima (princess), 6th century princess of the Ghassan kingdom
- Halima Ahmed, Somali political activist
- Halima ECheikh, later known as Naama (born 1934), Tunisian singer
- Halima Tayo Alao (born 1956), Nigerian civil servant
- Halimat Ismaila (born 1984), Nigerian athlete
- Halima Hachlaf (born 1988), Moroccan runner
- Halima Chehaima (born 1988), Belgian beauty queen
- Halima Bashir, author from Darfur
- Halima Ferhat, Moroccan historian
- Halimah Yacob, politician from Singapore
- Halimah Mohd Sadique, Malaysian politician
- Halema Boland, Kuwaiti famous television host
Places
- Kawrat Halimah, village in Yemen