- Origin: Arabic لَميس
- Meaning: “soft.”
- Gender: Female
The name comes directly from the Arabic لمِيس (lamīs), meaning “soft; tender; soft to the touch.”
An Urdu and Bengali form is Lamisa.
Alternately, it appears in Greek mythology, in the epic Dionysiaca by Nonnus of Panopolis as the name of one of the leaders of the satyrs who joined the army of Dionysus in his campaign against India. In that context, the meaning of the name is not clarified and the mythological reference is very obscure.
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