- Meaning
- High, lofty
- Arabic
- سمية
- Say it
- su-MAY-ya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Sumayya bint Khayyat, the first martyr of Islam
Other spellings
Sumaya, Soumaya, Sümeyye
Names from the same root (س م و)
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Questions about Sumayya
What does Sumayya mean?
Sumayya means: High, lofty.
Is Sumayya 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 Sumayya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Sumayya is a girl’s name.
How do you write Sumayya in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Sumayya is written سمية.