- Meaning
- Gentle, patient
- Arabic
- حليمة
- Say it
- ha-LEE-ma
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Halima al-Sadiyya, who nursed the Prophet as a baby
Other spellings
Halimah, Halime
Names from the same root (ح ل م)
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Questions about Halima
What does Halima mean?
Halima means: Gentle, patient.
Is Halima in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Halima a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Halima is a girl’s name.
How do you write Halima in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Halima is written حليمة.