Ḥumaymah
حميمة
Say it ḥu-MAY-mah
Name of the Companion Ḥumaymah bint Ṣayfī
At a glance
- Gender
- Girl
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Humaima, Humayma
Meaning & source
We have not found a meaning we can source, so we do not give one.
Ḥumaymah is a diminutive from the root ḥ-m-m, whose words include ḥamīm, a close and loving relative, and hot water; we found no lexicon gloss for the name itself.
Who carried this name
- Ḥumaymah bint Ṣayfī, wife of al-Barāʾ ibn Maʿrūr, who pledged allegiance Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 11063 (vol. 8, p. 89)