Shaima

A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning mark, sign, or characteristic.

Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Shaima by the numbers

Shaima was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 17 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shaima. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Shainabeautiful or lovely75 in the US (2017)
  • Shailamountain or rock50 in the US (2017)
  • Shairapoetess or noble; a form of Shayra37 in the US (2017)
  • Shaymamark or sign; one with a distinctive mark9 in the US (2017)
  • Saimafasting; one who fasts6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Shaia7 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Shaima

Names that are said the same way as Shaima, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Shammahdesolation or astonishment15 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Shaima

AlishbaHaleemaMirhaSheikhJuniBaaniZenayaFatiha

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