| The girl name Naima [ syll. nai-ma, na-ima ] is pronounced NEY-Mah KEY. Naima's origin and use are both in the Arabic language. Derived from the word na'im. Naima is the feminine equivalent of the Arabic Naim. A form of the name is the Arabic spelling variant Na'ima. Naima is somewhat popular as a baby girl name. The name has been rising in popularity since the 2000s; prior to that, it was of only sporadic use. At the modest peak of its usage in 2007, 0.014% of baby girls were named Naima. It was #902 in rank then. Out of all girl names in its family, Naima was the most regularly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Naima include the Scandinavian Nanna, the German Nanni, the English and German Nena, the English and Welsh Nia, the English Nimue, the English, French, German, Italian, and Russian Nina, the French Ninon, the English Noa, the English Noah, the German and Italian Noemi, the Spanish Noemí, the French Noémie, the Arabic Numa, the English Nyah, the Arabic Na'ima, the English and German Naomi, the Slavic Ne?a, the German and Scandinavian Nea, and the Catalan and Spanish Nuria. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Naima: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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