Ikrimah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Ikrimah

What is the meaning of the name Ikrimah ?

The baby name Ikrimah is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced ik-REE-mah (IPA: /ɪkˈriːmə/).

Ikrimah is Arabic in Origin.

Ikrimah is an Arabic masculine given name (Arabic: عِكْرِمَة, ʿIkrimah) rooted in pre-Islamic vocabulary for birds. Classical lexicons define it as a kind of pigeon or dove - often described as speckled - and some modern sources gloss it as “partridge.” Despite the -ah ending, it is traditionally male, like Talhah or Muʿāwiyah. The name is unrelated to Ikram/Akram (“honor, generosity”). Common transliterations include Ikrima, ʿIkrimah, and, regionally, Ikrema.

The name entered Islamic history through notable bearers: Ikrimah ibn Abī Jahl, a Meccan leader who later embraced Islam and fought valiantly in the early conquests, and Ikrimah, the learned freedman of Ibn ʿAbbās, a key transmitter in hadith and Qur’anic exegesis. These associations lend the name overtones of courage and scholarship. Today Ikrimah appears across the Arab world and in wider Muslim communities, though it remains uncommon in the West.

⚙ Ikrimah is an uncommon pick. There are only 32 recorded uses of it in our data, from 11 countries.