Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Hibah Name Meaning in Islam
Gift, al-Wahhāb (the Bestower) is one of God's names.
- Meaning
- Gift, al-Wahhāb (the Bestower) is one of God's names; hiba is what is given
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- و-ه-ب
- Urdu
- ہبہ
- Pronunciation
- HI-bah
- Lucky number
- 3
Is Hibah an Islamic name? Yes. Hibah is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Gift, al-Wahhāb (the Bestower) is one of God's names; hiba is what is given. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
و-ه-ب. From w-h-b, to give as a gift freely and without return. The same root yields al-Wahhāb, the divine name of the Bestower.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
The Ha-light (ه) carries identity opened to grace, the Ba (ب) the foundation of received blessing, and the final ة completes the bestowal. Together the letters name a self formed by what is freely given.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Hibah is grounded in earth, the element of stability, patience, and quiet holding. The letters ask their bearer to be reliable rather than showy, to keep the household of the heart in order. Stitched through this reading is Al-Hadi, the Guide, meaning the person carries the animating breath that guides others through. A person named Hibah tends to be a settled place others return to.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
The gift, from the root و-ه-ب (wahaba, to grant, to give freely). Hiba in Islamic legal terminology is the technical word for a gift given without expectation of return, distinguished in fiqh from sadaqa (charity), hadiyya (a present given in friendship), and waqf (endowment) by being a transfer of ownership without any compensation or condition.
The Quran uses the same root throughout, naming Allah as al-Wahhab, the Bestower of Gifts, one of the ninety-nine beautiful names: 'Or do they have the depositories of the mercy of your Lord, the Mighty, the Bestower (al-Wahhab)?' (38:9). The Quran also describes the children of the prophets as gifts: 'Praise be to Allah who has given me (wahaba li) Ismail and Ishaq in old age' (Ibrahim's du'a, 14:39); and the angels announcing Yahya to Zakariya: 'O Zakariya, We give you good tidings of a boy whose name is Yahya', the same root.
The name Hibah as a girls name expresses the bearer's status as a divine gift to her parents. Top Egyptian, Levantine, Pakistani, and Indonesian girls name. Variants: Hibah, Hiba, Heba, Hibba, Hibatullah ('the gift of Allah'). The Arabic is هِبَة.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Hibah
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the ه Ha influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Hibah
What does the name Hibah mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Hibah? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Hibah? →
Is Hibah mentioned in the Quran?
The Quran shapes more Islamic names than any other source. See where Hibah sits among them. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →
What does Hibah mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Hibah carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Hibah a good Islamic name?
The letters of Hibah, each with its own reading, are laid out above ↑ jump to the letters reading ↑
Is Hibah a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Hibah in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Hibah is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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