Sumaya (given name)

SumayaPronunciation| Suemaya

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Gender| Female
Language(s)| Arabic, Hebrew
Other names
Alternative spelling| Soumaya
Sumayah
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Soumeiya
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Popularity| see popular names

Sumaya or Suemaya (Arabic: سمية, sumaya) is an Arabic feminine given name.

## List of notable bearers

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* Sumaya Awad, Palestinian American writer and activist
* Sumayyah bint Khayyat (died 615), first female Muslim martyr
* Sumaya Farhat Naser (born 1948), Palestinian peace activist
* Princess Sumaya bint Hassan (born 1971), princess of Jordan
* Soumaya Khalifa, American executive of Egyptian origin
* Soumaya Mestiri (born 1976), Tunisian philosopher
* Soumaya Naamane Guessous, Moroccan sociologist
* Soumaya Keynes (born 1989), British economist and member of the Keynes family
* Somaya Ramadan (1951-2024), Egyptian writer and translator

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