Halimah \ha-li-mah\ as a girl's name is a variant of Halima (Arabic), and the meaning of Halimah is "gentle, mild-mannered".

The baby name Halimah sounds like Helima, Haleima, Haleemah and Halma. Other similar baby names are Salimah, Blimah, Halah, Halia, Halina, Salima, Salmah, Selimah and Talmah.