Khadija

This article is about the name Khadija, also spelled Khadeeja and Khadijah. For the wife of Muhammad, see Khadija bint Khuwaylid. For other uses, see Khadija (disambiguation).
"Khadijeh" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Khadijeh, Howmeh-ye Sharqi.
Khadija
PronunciationArabic: [xaˈdiːdʒa]
Egyptian Arabic: [xæˈdiːɡɑ]
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameFrom Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of Muhammad
MeaningPremature[1]
Region of originArabia
Other names
Related namesKhadijah, Khadeeja, Khatija, Khatijah, Katijah, Khadeejah, Hadja, Hadia, Hatice,[2] Tijah[3]

Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah (Arabic: خديجة, romanized: Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in the Muslim world, along with Fatima and Aisha.[4]

Hatice is the Turkish equivalent.[2]

Other notable people with the name Khadija include:

  1. ^ Lane, Edward William (1863). An Arabic-English Lexicon, derived from the best and most copious eastern sources. Williams & Norgate.
  2. ^ a b Schimmel, Annemarie (1989). Islamic Names. Edinburgh University Press. p. 43. ISBN 0852245637.
  3. ^ Tham, Seong Chee (1990). A Study of the Evolution of the Malay Language: Social Change and Cognitive Development. NUS Press. p. 85. ISBN 9971691361.
  4. ^ Arquilevich, Gabriel (1995). World Religions. Teacher Created Resources. p. 115. ISBN 1557346240.