Rumaysah, Romaïssa

رُمَيْسَة

The name seems to be of disputed etymology, but is Arabic in origin. It was the name of Rumaysah bint Milhan known as Umm Sulaym, one of the first women to convert to Islam. Her son was Anas ibn Malik who was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammed.

The name itself seems to have several meanings attached to it, according to QuranicNames.com, it possibly derives from رُمَيْسَة and mean “wind that scatters like dust.” If spelled رُمَيْثَة (transliterated as Rumaithah) it is the name of a place. It may also be linked with the Arabic root R-M-TH, which can mean “increasing.” Another association is that it is a feminine form of the Arabic male name Rams/Ramth meaning, “raft.”

Other sources have listed it as meaning “bouquet,” but I could not verify this information. If anyone has anymore information regarding the etymology of this name, it would be much appreciated.

Romaïssa (hro-MY-sah) is a North African variation that has been very popular in the Maghreb and in the Maghrebi Diaspora. 

It’s Turkish form of Rümeysa is the 94th most popular female name in Turkey (2019)/

Other transliterated forms include:

• Romaysa(h)
• Romeysa
• Rumaila
• Rumaisa(h)
• Rumaitha
• Rumaysah

Other forms include:

• Rumejsa (Albanian/Bosnian)
• Rusejma (Bosnian)
• Rümeysa (Turkish)
• Rumeysa (Turkish)
• Romeesa (Urdu)

Sources

1. https://quranicnames.com/rumaisah-
2. https://www.behindthename.com/name/romaissa/submitted
3. https://www.babynames.co.uk/names/rumaysa/
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Sulaym_bint_Milhan
5. https://www.names.org/n/rumaisah/about#pronunciation
6. https://muslimnames.com/rumaisah
7. https://hamariweb.com/names/muslim/arabic/girl/rumaisa-meaning_5822
8. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umm_Sulaim_bint_Milh%C4%81n
9. https://www.knjigaimena.com/?znacenje-imena-Rumejsa
10. http://www.turkstat.gov.tr/PreTablo.do?alt_id=1059