Girls' names
Halima
Gentle, mild-tempered
حَلِيمَة
Halima
Gentle, mild-tempered
Sahabi / Sahabiyyagirlarabic
Pronunciation
Halima
Arabic
حَلِيمَة
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Root
h-l-m
Quranic status
Sahabi / Sahabiyya
Alternate spellings
Halimah
Origin & meaning
Halima as-Sa'diyya, the wet-nurse of the Prophet ﷺ who raised him in his infancy.
Notable bearers
- · Halima as-Sa'diyya
Themes
Same root · h-l-m
Names sharing this root.
“You will be called on the Day of Resurrection by your names and the names of your fathers, so make your names beautiful.” (Sunan Abi Dawud 4948, hasan).