- Meaning
- Tranquillity, the calm God sends down
- Arabic
- سكينة
- Say it
- sa-KEE-na
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- The word is in the Quran, Surah Al-Fath (48:4)
Famous people with this name
- Sukayna bint al-Husayn, great-granddaughter of the Prophet, often called Sakina
Other spellings
Sakinah, Sukaina, Sekine
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Questions about Sakina
What does Sakina mean?
Sakina means: Tranquillity, the calm God sends down.
Is Sakina in the Quran?
Not as a person’s name, but the word is in the Quran, in Surah Al-Fath (48:4).
Is Sakina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sakina is a girl’s name.
How do you write Sakina in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Sakina is written سكينة.