Shamima is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “sweet smell.” In England & Wales it was given to 5 girls in 2011.
Shamima belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “sweet smell” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
Shamima does not appear in US Social Security records, which publish every name given to at least five babies in a year. That says nothing about its standing at home — many of the world's best-loved names are simply rare in America.
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Shamima means “sweet smell” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Shamima is a girl name. In England & Wales, 5 babies received the name in 2011.
Shamima comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
In England & Wales, Shamima was given to 5 babies in 2011 and 151 times in total since 1996, in Office for National Statistics records. It does not appear in US Social Security records.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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