Umm (given name)

Umm (أمّ) means mother in Arabic. It is a common Arabic feminine alias, and used to be a common feminine given name, with the masculine counterpart being Ab or Abu. The name may refer to:

Companions or other people related to the Islamic prophet Muhammad
Other
  • Umm Darda as Sughra, 7th-century jurist and scholar of Islam in Damascus and Jerusalem
  • Umm Al-Kiram, 11th-century Andalusian princess and poet
  • Umm Kulthum (name)
  • Umm Nidal (born Maryam Mohammad Yousif Farhat, 1949-2013), Palestinian politician
  • Umm-Salma (disambiguation)
  • Umm Sayyaf (born Nasrin As'ad Ibrahim), widow of ISIL member Abu Sayyaf killed in 2015
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