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[edit]
- 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).
- Asma bint Marwan, 7th century Arabian Jewish female poet
20th–21st century[edit]
- Asma Afsaruddin, American academic
- Asma Ben Ahmed, Tunisian singer
- Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria
- Asma al-Ghul (born 1982), Palestinian feminist journalist
- Asma Al-Rayyan, Qatari royal and human rights activist
- Asma Al Thani, Qatari royal and mountaineer
- Asma Barlas (born 1950), American academic
- Asma Gull Hasan, Pakistani-American award-winning writer
- Asma Jahangir, Pakistani lawyer
- Asma Othmani, Tunisian singer
- Asma Tubi, Palestinian writer