Name Naima
Gender Feminine
Usage Arabic (Maghrebi), Bengali, Uzbek, Maranao, Maguindanao, Popular Culture
Scripts نعيمة(Arabic) নাইমা(Bengali) Наима(Uzbek Cyrillic)
Other Forms FormsNaïma, Na'ima, Naimah
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Meaning & History
Alternate transcription of NA'IMA primarily used in Northern Africa as well as the Bengali, Uzbek, Maranao, and Maguindanao form of the name.In the case of Naima Mora, she was named after a composition by John Coltrane. The composition is named after Coltrane's wife Juanita Naima Grubbs who has adopted the Arabic name.