Given name
Maymunah
“one who is blessed”
Maymunah is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “one who is blessed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2001. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maymunah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 143
- 0 boys · 143 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,616 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +26%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,616 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 25.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maymunah’s family of names
Maymunah has a related form in Maymuna. Maymunah has a related form in Maymoona. Maymunah has a related form in Maymoonah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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