Entry № 7357 · Swahili origin

Neema Neema — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ neh-EH-mah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Swahili
Meaning
"Grace, blessing"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "grace, blessing".

Neema means grace, prosperity and blessing — a life richly favoured. It carries gratitude and warmth.

Grace, blessing — a Swahili name.

The name in its native script.

Neema
Transliteration
Neema
Pronunciation
/ neˈe.ma /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Neema stands.

Neema 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.

Neemas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Neema.

The number behind Neema.

2

The Peacemaker

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