Name Asma

There are multiple origins and translations for the name Asma:

1. Arabic name (أسماء) means - "leading; names".

Asma bint Abu Bakr (595 -692) was one of the companionse Prophet Muhammad, 10 years older than her sister Aisha. One of the most prominent Islamic figures, as she helped Prophet Muhammad during the Hijrah from Mecca to Medina. Asma was unhappy in her family life because al-Zubair was "the most jealous of men".

2. Derivative form of the name Esmeralda and translates as - "emerald".

May also refer to Asma (male name ).