Entry № 7141 · Arabic origin

Naima Naima — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NIGH-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Tranquility, blessing"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "tranquility, blessing".

Naima (نعيمة) is the feminine of Naim — from the Arabic root n-ʿ-m, meaning "blessing" or "tranquility." The Quranic word naʿīm refers to the blessings of paradise.

John Coltrane's 1959 ballad Naima, composed for his first wife, is one of the most beloved jazz ballads ever written.

Tranquility. The Arabic word, made famous by Coltrane.

The name in its native script.

نعيمة
Transliteration
Naʿīma
Pronunciation
/ ˈnaɪ.mə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Naima stands.

Naima 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.

Naimas before her.

Real people
Naima Grubbs
First wife of John Coltrane, subject of his 1959 ballad.
In fiction

Names connected to Naima.

The number behind Naima.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Naima reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.