Save Gender Feminine Usage Arabic Scripts رميصاء(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. /ru.ˈmaj.sˤaː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History Derived from Arabic رمص (ramaṣ) meaning "rheum, sleep in the eye", used as an Arabic name for the star Sirius. Al-Rumaysa bint Milhan, also known as Umm Sulaym, was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad.