Entry № 9087 · Arabic origin

Sakina Sakina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ sah-KEE-nah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Divine tranquility (Quranic Sakinah Shekhinah)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "divine tranquility (quranic sakinah shekhinah)".

Sakina is from the Arabic سَكِينَة (Sakīnah — tranquility, peace, divine presence) — from Arabic sakana (to dwell/be tranquil) cognate with Hebrew Shekhinah (divine presence). Sakina is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Islamic mystical heritage.

Divine tranquility (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

سَكِينَة
Transliteration
Sakīnah
Pronunciation
/ səˈkiː.nə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Sakina stands.

Sakina 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.

Sakinas before her.

Real people

In fiction
As-Sakinah
Quranic concept of divine tranquility mentioned 6 times + cognate with Hebrew Shekhinah.
Quran

Names connected to Sakina.

The number behind Sakina.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sakina reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.