Naima

Where Naima comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Naima.

  • Vowel-ended
Naima through the years
  1. 1890
    Naima Wifstrand born
    Swedish actress
  2. 1929
    Naima Akef born
    Egyptian belly dancer, film actress, acrobat, and performer
  3. 1969
    First appearance
    #5,057 among girls with 9 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 2006
    Peak, #890
    299 babies named Naima, its best rank.
  5. 2013
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,509.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Naima Wifstrand · Swedish actress, 1890–1968
  • Naima Akef · Egyptian belly dancer, film actress, acrobat, and performer, 1929–1966
  • Naima Mora · American fashion model, born 1984
  • Naima Sahlbom · Swedish chemist and peace activist, 1871–1957
  • Naima Elmcherqui · Moroccan actress, 1943–2024

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.