Swahili name
Juma
means "Born on a Friday"
Juma is a Swahili name meaning "Born on a Friday". It came into Swahili from Arabic.
Juma means born on a Friday, from Ijumaa, the Swahili word for Friday.
How to say it
JOO-mah
The part in capitals is stressed. In Swahili, every vowel is its own sound, and the stress usually falls on the second-to-last syllable.
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Questions parents ask about Juma
- What does the name Juma mean?
- Juma is a Swahili name meaning "Born on a Friday". Juma means born on a Friday, from Ijumaa, the Swahili word for Friday.
- How do you pronounce Juma?
- Say it JOO-mah. The part in capitals is stressed.
- Where does the name Juma come from?
- Juma is an Arabic-origin name. It came into Swahili from Arabic.
- Is Juma a girl's or a boy's name?
- Juma is usually given to boys.
What do the origin labels mean?
- Bantu-Swahili
- Swahili is a Bantu language, part of a large family of African languages. Bantu-Swahili names come from that original African core of the language.
- Arabic-origin
- Centuries of trade and contact along the East African coast brought many Arabic words and names into Swahili. They are now fully at home in Swahili-speaking families.
- Borrowed (trade-route)
- Swahili also borrowed words from other languages its speakers met through trade across the Indian Ocean.