Naima (disambiguation)
Appearance
Naima may refer to one of the following
People
- Naima is a feminine Semitic first name. In Hebrew the core meaning is "pleasant". In Arabic the name translates to "gift". Naima is also a common African, African-American, Spanish, Swedish and French name.
- Mustafa Naima (1655–1716) was an Ottoman historian
Other uses
- "Naima", ballad by John Coltrane, composed in 1959, and named after his first wife Juanita Naima Coltrane (née Grubbs)
- Naima, a 1990s jazz band that included Dominique Eade and Joe McPhee[1]
- Lullaby by Angelique Kidjo, released in 1994, and named after her daughter Naima Hebrail Kidjo
- the North American Insulation Manufacturers Association (NAIMA)
References
- ^ "Dominique Eade". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-02-06.