List of Famous people named Umm

Umm Qirfa was the wife of an Arab leader of a pagan tribe of Banu Fazara in Wadi Al-Qura. She was the wife of Malik ibn Hudhayfa ibn Badr al-Fazari. She was killed by Zayd ibn Haritha"by putting a rope into her two legs and to two camels and driving them until they rent her in two....".

Umm Kulthum bint Uqba (c.610-c.654) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. A verse of the Qur'an, 60:10, was revealed in response to her situation.

Barakah bint Tha'alaba, commonly known by her kunya Umm Ayman, was an early Muslim and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Umm Rumān Zaynab bint ‘Āmir' ibn Uwaymir ibn Abd Shams ibn Attab Al-Kinaniyah, known by her kunyah "Umm Rumān" was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. She was a wife of Abu Bakr and the mother of Aisha, a wife of Muḥammad.

Maryam Mohammad Yousif Farhat, or Mariam Farahat, popularly known as Umm Nidal, "the mother of Nidal", or "Khansa of Palestine", was Palestinian politician, member of parliament in the Palestinian Legislative Council, and one of Hamas' candidates elected in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election. The word "Nidal" in Arabic is a term, meaning "struggle", "effort" or "work". She was one of the prominent Islamist female leaders in Palestine.

Umm Shareek was a female Companion of Muhammad.