- Meaning
- Lion
- Arabic
- أسامة
- Say it
- u-SAA-ma
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
Famous people with this name
- Usama ibn Zayd, whom the Prophet loved and put in command of an army as a young man
Other spellings
Osama, Oussama, Usamah
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Questions about Usama
What does Usama mean?
Usama means: Lion.
Is Usama 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 Usama a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Usama is a boy’s name.
How do you write Usama in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Usama is written أسامة.