Kulthum Explained

Kulthum or Kulsum is an Arabic female given name. It means, "someone with a chubby face" or someone who comprehends people . It is feminized as "Umm Kulthum" (Kulthum's mother).^[1]

People who had this name:

• Umm Kulthum
• Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, the wife of 12th Prime minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif
• Kalsoom Perveen, a Pakistani Politician and a Member of Senate of Pakistan
• Kulsoom Abdullah, a Pakistan American weightlifter
• Kulsum Zamani Begum (1832-1902), Indian princess, daughter of Bahadur Shah Zafar the last Mughal Emperor of India
• Kulsum Begum, builder of the Kulsum Begum Masjid, 17th-century princess of the Golconda Sultanate in southern India

People using it in their matronymic/patronymic or surname include:

• Amr ibn Kulthum

See also

• Umm Kulthum (name)
• Kalsoom
• Kulthum (crater), on Mercury
• Arabic name

Notes and References

1. Web site: الباحث العربي: قاموس عربي عربي. Raid Naim. baheth.info.