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A Quranic Name for Girls

Short meaning of NajmaStar
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How to pronounce Najma

NUmber + Jump + MUst

Each block is a syllable. Thick black border indicates stress/emphasis. Other pronunciations are acceptable.
Arabic Spelling (How to write Najma in Arabic)نَجْمَة
Quranic Nature
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Indirectly Mentioned
Alternate spellings of NajmaNajmah Najema Najemah Nejme Nejmeh Nejime Nejimah Negmeh Negmah Nejmeh Nejmah Nagmeh Nagmah Najmeh Negme
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Quranic Root
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N-J-M
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Meaning of Najma

Najma is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means “star”, “any brilliant heavenly body (including planets, such as Venus)”, “source of inspiration”. The word Najma is derived from the N-J-M root which is used in many places in the Quran.

I call to witness the star when it goes down. (Quran 53:1)

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8 Comments

  1. Anonymous

    Wow.its such a lovely name.i will like to oneday name my daughter Najma

  2. Anonymous

    My name is Najma I’m so lucky that my mother chose it for me

  3. Anonymous

    my name is also najama . most thankful for giving information

  4. Anonymous

    i choose this as first name of my daughter.. i know she is a like star that give bright and shimmering to my life in shaa allah

  5. Anonymous

    Write your comment name is Najma and am soo proud of my name..thanks mum for choosing this name for me

  6. Anonymous

    Everybody saying that my mother give it to me bt my name is also najma and am thankfullof my father for giving this beautiful name to me ….

  7. Anonymous

    My father names me Najma after a special lady . Mashallah as I’m the Islamic star by the crescent moon ❤️ I Love you Allah

  8. Anonymous

    Alhamdulillah my name is najma I m very thankful to my parents to choose me this name yessss I’m sooo lucky gal

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