Baby name
RISING GIRL · ARABIC
🇸🇦, 🇪🇬, 🇦🇪, +1 Alima
/ah-LEE-mah/
Meaning
“Learned, knowledgeable, wise, precious, happy, cheerful”
Derived from Arabic 'ʿalīmah', meaning 'learned', 'knowledgeable', or 'wise'; also 'precious', 'happy', and 'cheerful'.
How it ages.
Alima feels current and increasingly familiar while still standing apart from the most common choices.
The cultural moment.
Alima is seeing a moderate rise in France and has become more familiar in recent years.