Sumaya (given name)
Appearance
Pronunciation | Suemaya |
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Gender | Female |
Language(s) | Arabic, Hebrew |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Soumaya Sumayah Sumya Suemaya Soumeiya Sumaiya Soumiya Sumeya Summaiyah Suemaya Someya |
Popularity | see popular names |
Sumaya or Suemaya (Arabic: سمية, sumaya) is an Arabic feminine given name.
List of notable bearers
[edit]- Sumaya Awad, Palestinian American writer and activist
- Sumayyah bint Khayyat (died 615), first female Muslim martyr
- Sumaya Farhat Naser (born 1948), Palestinian peace activist
- Princess Sumaya bint Hassan (born 1971), princess of Jordan
- Soumaya Khalifa, American executive of Egyptian origin
- Soumaya Naamane Guessous, Moroccan sociologist
- Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), British economist and member of the Keynes family
- Somaya Ramadan (1951-2024), Egyptian writer and translator