Halima Forename
255th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,260,143 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Bangladesh
Highest density in:
Niger
Halima Forename User-submission:
Halima, Haleema, or Halimah (Arabic : حليمة) /halima/, pronounced ha-LEE-mah, is a female given name of Arabic origin, meaning 'forebearing', 'gentle', 'mild-mannered' and 'generous'.
Halima Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 100% | 374,283 | 1:426 | 33 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 291,454 | 1:609 | 84 |
| Algeria | 99% | 255,401 | 1:149 | 20 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 171,993 | 1:307 | 34 |
| Niger | 97% | 158,944 | 1:121 | 16 |
| India | 100% | 131,753 | 1:9,221 | 1,214 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 126,514 | 1:1,536 | 292 |
| Morocco | 100% | 93,954 | 1:366 | 80 |
| Afghanistan | 99% | 88,340 | 1:369 | 40 |
| Somalia | - | 81,617 | 1:166 | 26 |
| Kenya | 100% | 67,932 | 1:682 | 124 |
| Iraq | 100% | 50,198 | 1:698 | 169 |
| Sudan | 100% | 41,646 | 1:908 | 163 |
| Indonesia | 99% | 37,780 | 1:6,828 | 899 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 26,372 | 1:271 | 31 |
| Oman | 100% | 24,763 | 1:166 | 26 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 24,736 | 1:3,944 | 656 |
| Syria | - | 22,510 | 1:858 | 168 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 19,295 | 1:1,120 | 229 |
| Jordan | 100% | 19,000 | 1:465 | 114 |
| Yemen | - | 18,087 | 1:1,454 | 232 |
| Uganda | 100% | 17,517 | 1:2,338 | 337 |
| Palestine | 100% | 16,337 | 1:279 | 42 |
| Chad | 100% | 11,245 | 1:1,209 | 140 |
| Philippines | 98% | 8,687 | 1:12,203 | 1,550 |
| Mozambique | - | 8,640 | 1:3,153 | 666 |
| Malawi | 99% | 7,805 | 1:2,192 | 418 |
| France | 100% | 7,329 | 1:9,069 | 618 |
| Mali | 100% | 6,793 | 1:2,499 | 294 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 6,202 | 1:660 | 94 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5,461 | 1:1,031 | 219 |
| Libya | - | 3,121 | 1:1,993 | 372 |
| Comoros | - | 2,979 | 1:256 | 30 |
| England | 100% | 2,913 | 1:19,088 | 1,228 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,862 | 1:16,258 | 1,036 |
| Kuwait | - | 2,850 | 1:1,328 | 197 |
| Egypt | 100% | 2,364 | 1:38,875 | 2,448 |
| Djibouti | - | 2,305 | 1:397 | 92 |
| United States | 100% | 2,190 | 1:165,542 | 6,294 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,971 | 1:1,788 | 453 |
| Burkina Faso | 99% | 1,547 | 1:11,881 | 1,208 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,517 | 1:17,789 | 1,410 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,265 | 1:43,109 | 4,669 |
| Senegal | 99% | 885 | 1:16,476 | 1,053 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Tunisia | 99% | 841 | 1:805 | 165 |
| Belgium | 100% | 778 | 1:14,769 | 1,324 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 608 | 1:50,082 | 4,140 |
| Sweden | 100% | 597 | 1:16,512 | 1,227 |
| Serbia | 100% | 442 | 1:16,167 | 1,144 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 425 | 1:39,770 | 2,956 |
| Canada | 67% | 413 | 1:80,226 | 4,453 |
| Benin | 100% | 373 | 1:28,353 | 2,705 |
| Turkey | 100% | 198 | 1:392,938 | 6,224 |
| Germany | 100% | 184 | 1:525,423 | 5,432 |
| Thailand | 99% | 181 | 1:387,104 | 19,899 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 178 | 1:11,746 | 1,548 |
| Iran | 100% | 170 | 1:461,746 | 5,792 |
| Somaliland | - | 167 | 1:20,969 | 931 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 163 | 1:3,893 | 633 |
| DR Congo | 94% | 137 | 1:538,888 | 18,632 |
| Qatar | 80% | 135 | 1:17,553 | 2,624 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 130 | 1:10,472 | 1,546 |
| Norway | 100% | 129 | 1:39,785 | 1,802 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 112 | 1:206,035 | 10,192 |
| Denmark | - | 98 | 1:57,648 | 2,073 |
| Uzbekistan | 67% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 95 | 1:88,157 | 2,897 |
| Guyana | 100% | 77 | 1:9,912 | 1,484 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 76 | 1:79,189 | 3,060 |
| Kazakhstan | 96% | 73 | 1:243,107 | 4,975 |
| Russia | 100% | 62 | 1:2,326,350 | 14,884 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| Italy | 99% | 57 | 1:1,071,265 | 9,129 |
| Wales | 98% | 57 | 1:54,286 | 1,798 |
| Guinea | 100% | 55 | 1:215,612 | 2,580 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 53 | 1:103,262 | 1,140 |
| Burundi | 67% | 49 | 1:202,175 | 572 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 47 | 1:174,755 | 4,319 |
| Portugal | - | 46 | 1:226,323 | 4,580 |
| Brazil | 100% | 45 | 1:4,760,803 | 75,660 |
| Croatia | 100% | 39 | 1:108,130 | 2,564 |
| South Sudan | 91% | 36 | 1:320,862 | 717 |
| Kosovo | - | 32 | 1:58,170 | 4,104 |
| Scotland | 100% | 29 | 1:184,495 | 3,374 |
| Austria | 100% | 28 | 1:304,079 | 3,613 |
| Australia | - | 27 | 1:505,838 | 7,990 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 25 | 1:98,350 | 2,852 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 24 | 1:642,659 | 26,560 |
| Finland | 100% | 19 | 1:288,589 | 4,209 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 16 | 1:297,061 | 236 |
| Rwanda | - | 16 | 1:710,715 | 1,599 |
| Georgia | 54% | 12 | 1:311,539 | 6,981 |
| Singapore | 100% | 12 | 1:523,921 | 11,491 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 11 | 1:52,814 | 3,146 |
| Belize | 100% | 10 | 1:35,431 | 3,151 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 10 | 1:3,020,189 | 47,166 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 8 | 1:1,205,368 | 16,287 |
| Iceland | - | 8 | 1:45,752 | 2,854 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 8 | 1:162,223 | 3,800 |
| Mexico | 100% | 7 | 1:17,734,918 | 43,346 |
| China | - | 6 | 1:227,675,964 | 74,319 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Liberia | 100% | 6 | 1:735,344 | 18,173 |
| Zambia | - | 6 | 1:2,642,466 | 23,928 |
| Chile | 100% | 5 | 1:3,521,442 | 19,163 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 5 | 1:1,194,655 | 24,199 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Panama | - | 5 | 1:781,311 | 18,191 |
| Ireland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,160,880 | 7,088 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Colombia | - | 4 | 1:11,944,732 | 44,648 |
| Gabon | 100% | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Hong Kong | - | 4 | 1:1,938,181 | 8,439 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4 | 1:1,772,166 | 913 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Czechia | - | 3 | 1:3,552,054 | 6,491 |
| Jamaica | - | 3 | 1:961,076 | 14,069 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 3 | 1:188,016 | 3,003 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 2 | 1:1,019,998 | 36,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 50% | 2 | 1:4,076,157 | 155,819 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Abkhazia | - | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Armenia | - | 1 | 1:2,918,753 | 14,910 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Hungary | 100% | 1 | 1:9,791,771 | 6,528 |
| Israel | 100% | 1 | 1:8,402,918 | 45,019 |
| Latvia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Moldova | 100% | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Poland | - | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Halíma (1) & Hàlimà (1) are calculated separately.
Halima (165,380) may also be a surname.
Halima Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Halima, Haleema, or Halimah (Arabic : حليمة) /halima/, pronounced ha-LEE-mah, is a female given name of Arabic origin, meaning 'forebearing', 'gentle', 'mild-mannered' and 'generous'.
- haleemaHalima is an Arabic female name, which means 'woman with a lot of patience'.
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