Shayma
Shaimaa is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Shayma was the name of Prophet Muhammad's foster sister. Notable people with the given name include:
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Shayma
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shaimaa is a feminine given name of Arabic origin. Shayma was the name of Prophet Muhammad's foster sister. Notable people with the given name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Shayma
The earliest SSA record of Shayma as a baby girl name dates back to 1996, when 11 babies received it. 2006 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Shayma — #8,237 in the national rankings. About 54% of every Shayma on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Shayma last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 165 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Shayma
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About the name Shayma
Shayma is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 165 births in the dataset. Shayma's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #8,237. Use the chart and map above to compare Shayma's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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