Entry № 7653 · Arabic origin

Nusayba Nusayba — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ noo-SAY-bah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Battle of Uhud warrior (Umm Umara)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "battle of uhud warrior (umm umara)".

Nusayba is from the Arabic نسيبة (Nusaybah — noble, of noble lineage) — from Arabic nasab (lineage). Nusayba is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional early Islamic heritage.

Battle of Uhud warrior (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

نسيبة
Transliteration
Nusaybah
Pronunciation
/ nuːˈseɪ.bə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Nusayba stands.

Nusayba does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Nusaybas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Nusayba bint Ka'ab / Umm Umara
Female companion of Prophet Muhammad + woman warrior + Battle of Uhud 625 CE + sustained 12 wounds defending Muhammad + lost arm at Battle of Yamamah 632 CE + Pledge of al-Aqaba.
c. 7th century CE

Names connected to Nusayba.

The number behind Nusayba.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nusayba reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.