Maymūna () is a female
Arabic
Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...
name. Variant spellings in English include: Maimoonah, Maymoonah, Maymuna(h), Maimouna, Mahmuna and Mehmoona, Maimuna, Mymouna(h), Mymona. Its meaning is “Auspicious, Blessed, Loved, The fortunate one”
Notable people
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Maymuna Abu Bakr, Yemeni poet, songwriter, and television director
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Hélène Diarra, Malian actress
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Maimouna Diarra, Senegalese basketball player
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Maïmouna Doucouré, French film director
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Maïmouna Guerresi, Italian artist
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Maïmouna Gueye, Franco-Senegalese actress
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Maymunah bint al-Harith
Maymunah bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyyah (; ), was the eleventh and final wife of Muhammad. Her original name was Barrah (), which she changed to Maymunah—meaning "good tidings"—upon converting to Islam and marrying him, as his marriage to her m ...
, wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad
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Maymunah Kadiri, Nigerian mental health advocate
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Maïmouna Kane, Senegalese jurist and politician
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Maimouna N'Diaye, French actress
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Maïmouna Sourang Ndir, Senegalese politician
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Maïmouna Ndoye Seck, Senegalese politician
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Maimouna Traoré, Malian footballer
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Maimouna Youssef, American singer, songwriter, and rapper
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Maymona Mateus, Angolan Researcher
See also
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Majmuna Stone
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Mimouna
References
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Arabic-language feminine given names
Feminine given names