Entry № 995 · Arabic origin

Asmaa Asmaa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AHS-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"High in stature (Aisha's sister)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "high in stature (aisha's sister)".

Asmaa (أسماء) is the Arabic word for "high in stature" or "prestigious." Asmaa bint Abi Bakr (c. 595-692) was the daughter of Caliph Abu Bakr and elder sister of Aisha — known for her bravery during the Hijra (migration to Medina).

Used widely across the Arab world.

High in stature. Aisha's brave sister.

The name in its native script.

أسماء
Transliteration
Asmāʾ
Pronunciation
/ ˈæs.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Asmaa stands.

Asmaa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Asmaas before her.

Real people
Asmaa bint Abi Bakr
Aisha's elder sister.
c. 595 – 692
Asma al-Assad
Wife of Syrian President.
born 1975
In fiction
Asmaa
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Asmaa.

The number behind Asmaa.

8

The Visionary

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Asmaa reduce to 8, The Visionary. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.