رَمْلَة
Ramla: meaning of the name
Girl Arabic origin Ramla
Mother of the Believers“A grain of sand”, a sand dune
Ramla in Islam
Umm Habiba Ramla bint Abi Sufyan emigrated to Abyssinia with her first husband; it was there that the Prophet ﷺ married her, with the Negus presiding over the contract. Faithful to Islam while her father was still its enemy, she is one of the Mothers of the Believers and reported hadiths.
Meaning of the name Ramla
Ramla is the unit noun of raml, “sand”: a grain of sand, a stretch or dune of sand. The word evokes the Arabian desert and gave its name to towns (al-Ramla in Palestine). The name is given in memory of Umm Habiba Ramla, daughter of Abu Sufyan, a Mother of the Believers.
- In Arabic
- رَمْلَة رملة
- Transliteration
- Ramla
- Root
- ر م ل
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Ramla in the Quran?
No: neither the name Ramla nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Ramla in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Ramla in each language
- French
- Ramla, Ramlah
- English
- Ramla, Ramlah
- Spanish
- Ramla
- Turkish
- Remle
- Arabic
- رَمْلَة