boy name · Source-indexed record
Sumama
صماما
Sumama, also written as Thumama, is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means salvation, to be rescued. It is also the name of a genus of plants called Panicum, among these plants are tumbleweed and witchgrass. Sumama is the name of many (male) Sahabah (RA)
- Arabic spelling
- صماما
- Pronunciation
- soo-MAH-mahAuto-generated reading guide
- Origin
- ArabicSource-stated
- Gender
- boy
- First letter
- S
- Source
- Muslim Names Dataset (CC0 1.0)
About Sumama
Sumama is listed in the CC0 Muslim Names Dataset as a male name. The source records its meaning as “Sumama, also written as Thumama, is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means salvation, to be rescued. It is also the name of a genus of plants called Panicum, among these plants are tumbleweed and witchgrass. Sumama is the name of many (male) Sahabah (RA)”. Its origin label is stated directly in the source text. Its reader-friendly phonetic spelling is generated deterministically from the published transliteration and should be reviewed for names with complex or region-specific pronunciation.
Meaning and Arabic spelling are sourced from the Muslim Names Dataset or, where provided, the record-specific provenance URL. Origin labels are source-stated where available or transparently inferred from the published script or etymological signal. Phonetic respellings are generated reading guides, not native-speaker recordings. See Sources & methodology for data limitations.