78%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Arabic Scripts سميّة(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. soo-MIE-yah [key·IPA] Meaning & History Means "high above" in Arabic. This was the name of the first martyr for Islam. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantsSomaya, SumayaOther Languages & CulturesSumaiya, Sumaya(Bengali) Sumeja(Bosnian) Somayeh(Persian) Sümeyye(Turkish) PopularityDetails Last ranked #942 in 2015 England and Wales People think this name isRate·Details classic formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange complex serious nerdy Categories greatness, martyrs, victims