Halima

Halima or Halimah or Halime and Halimeh (Arabic: حليمة) /halima/, pronounced ha-LEE-mah, is a female given name of Arabic origin meaning forbearing, gentle, mild-mannered and generous. It may refer to:

People with the mononym

• Halimah IV, also called Alimah, the sovereign Sultana regnant of the Anjouan sultanate at Nzwani in the Comoro Islands from 1788 until 1792
• Halima, mononym of American model Halima Aden

People with the given name

Halima

• Halima (princess), 6th century princess of the Ghassan kingdom
• Halima Aden (born 1997), Somali-American model
• Halima Ahmed, Somali political activist
• Halima Bashir, author from Darfur
• Halima Chehaima (born 1988), Belgian beauty queen
• Halima ECheikh, later known as Naama (1934–2020), Tunisian singer
• Halima Ferhat (born 1941), Moroccan historian
• Halima Hachlaf (born 1988), Moroccan runner
• Halima Nosirova (1913-2003), Uzbek singer
• Halima Tayo Alao (born 1956), Nigerian civil servant

Halimah

• Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, the prophet Muhammad's foster mother
• Halimah Ali, Malaysian politician
• Halimah Nakaayi (born 1994), Ugandan middle-distance runner
• Halimah Mohamed Sadique (born 1962), Malaysian politician
• Halimah Yacob (born 1954), President of Singapore

Halimat

• Halimat Ismaila (born 1984), Nigerian athlete

Halimatu

• Halimatu Ayinde (born 1995), Nigerian footballer

Halime

• Halime Çavuş (1898–1976), a Turkish woman, who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in a militia during the Turkish War of Independence
• Halime Hatun (died 1281), possible mother of Osman I, the founder of the Ottoman Empire
  • Halime Hatun (fictional character), character in Turkish TV series Diriliş: Ertuğrul, based on the alleged mother of Osman I
• Halime Sultan, a consort of Sultan Mehmed III, and the mother of Sultan Mustafa I and the Valide Sultan as well as a regent of the Ottoman empire
• Halime İslamoğlu (born 1993), Turkish handball player
• Halime Yıldız (born 1980), Turkish para badminton player
• Halime Zülal Zeren (born 1995), Turkish swimmer

Halema

• Halema Boland, Kuwaiti famous television host

People with the middle name

• Alemshah Halime Begum or Alemshah Beyim (1460-1522), an Aq Qoyunlu princess

People with the surname

• Hadjé Halimé Oumar (1930-2001), Chadian activist, educator, and politician

Places

• Halimeh Jan, also known as Halīmjān and Khalimdzhakh, a village in Blukat Rural District, Rahmatabad and Blukat District, Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran
• Kawrat Halimah, a village in Yemen