Asma (Arabic: أسماء, romanized: ʾAsmāʾ) is a feminine given name of Arabic origin meaning “supreme”.^[1] Esma is a Bosnian and Turkish variant.^[2] It is in use in the Arab world and Muslim-majority countries.

Notable people with the given name include: Asma Akram wife of Muhammad Akram.

Historical

• Asmā' bint Abu Bakr (c.595 – 692 CE), companion of the Islamic prophet Mohammed and elder sister of his wife Aisha
• Asma bint Atta, was the wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi (r. 775–785) until her divorce after a few months.
• Asma bint Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith, was the prominent member clan of Banu Makhzum and mother-in-law of Umayyad prince Abd al-Aziz.
• Asma bint Khumarawayh, better known as Qatr al-Nada was the wife of Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tadid (r. 892–902).

• Asma bint Marwan, 7th century Arabian Jewish female poet

20th–21st century

• Asma Afsaruddin, American academic
• Asma Ben Ahmed, Tunisian singer
• Asma al-Assad, First Lady of Syria
• Asma al-Ghul (born 1982), Palestinian feminist journalist
• Asma Al-Rayyan, Qatari royal and human rights activist
• Asma Al Thani, Qatari royal and mountaineer
• Asma Barlas (born 1950), American academic
• Asma Gull Hasan, Pakistani-American award-winning writer
• Asma Jahangir, Pakistani lawyer
• Asma Othmani, Tunisian singer
• Asma Tubi, Palestinian writer