Asma (given name)
Asma is a feminine given name of Arabic origin meaning “supreme”. Esma is a Bosnian and Turkish variant. It is in use in the Arab world and Muslim-majority countries.
Notable people with the given name include:
Asma al-Assad, former First Lady of Syria and wife of former president, Bashar al-Assad.
Historical
- Asmā' bint Abu Bakr, companion of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and elder sister of his wife AishaAsma bint Atta, was the wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi 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.
- Asma bint Marwan, 7th century Arabian Jewish female poet
20th–21st century
- Asma Sultana, Bangladeshi designer and fashion entrepreneur
- Asma Afsaruddin, American academic
- Asma Ben Ahmed, Tunisian singer
- Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria
- Asma al-Ghul, Palestinian feminist journalist
- Asma Al-Rayyan, Qatari royal and human rights activist
- Asma Al Thani, Qatari royal and mountaineer
- Asma Barlas, American academic
- Asma Gull Hasan, Pakistani-American award-winning writer
- Asma Jahangir, Pakistani lawyer
- Asma Khatun, Bangladeshi politician
- Asma Othmani, Tunisian singer
- Asma Tubi, Palestinian writer