Asma (
Arabic: أسماء,
romanized: ʾAsmāʾ) is a feminine given name of
Arabic origin meaning “supreme”.[1]Esma is a Bosnian and Turkish variant.[2] It is in use in the Arab world and Muslim-majority countries.
Notable people with the given name include:
Asma Akram wife of Muhammad Akram.
Historical
Asmā' bint Abu Bakr (c.595 – 692 CE), companion of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and elder sister of his wife Aisha
Asma bint Atta, was the wife of Abbasid caliph
al-Mahdi (
r. 775–785) until her divorce after a few months.
Asma bint Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith, was the prominent member clan of
Banu Makhzum and mother-in-law of Umayyad prince
Abd al-Aziz.
Asma bint Khumarawayh, better known as
Qatr al-Nada was the wife of Abbasid caliph
al-Mu'tadid (r. 892–902).
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