Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Khadija Name Meaning in Islam
Premature child; or 'trustworthy'.
- Meaning
- Premature child; or 'trustworthy'. Mother of the Believers
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- خ-د-ج
- Urdu
- خدیجہ
- Pronunciation
- kha-DEE-ja /xa.ˈdiː.dʒa/
- Lucky number
- 1
Is Khadija an Islamic name? Yes. Khadija is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Premature child; or 'trustworthy'. Mother of the Believers. 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
خ-د-ج. From kh-d-j, classically a premature birth; the name became one of dignity through Khadija bint Khuwaylid.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Kha hidden depth, Dal return, Ya reaching, Jeem beauty, Ta manifestation. A hidden depth that returns, reaches, beautifies, and manifests, the first to believe.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Khadija weaves earth and water, the elements of steadiness and mercy, patience and feeling. The person is asked to be both root and river, a slow, sheltering presence. Running through the reading is Al-Khabir, the Aware, meaning the bearer is trusted with an aware, quietly informed presence, joined by Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, carried as the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Khadija holds their people through seasons.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Born early, premature, also: the trusted, the prosperous trader. Maghrebi/French spelling of Khadijah. Refers to Khadijah bint Khuwaylid (RA), the Prophet ﷺ's first wife and the first person to accept Islam.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Khadīja bint Khuwaylidc.555–619 CE·ArabiaFirst wife of the Prophet; first to embrace Islam
How to Pronounce Khadija
/xa.ˈdiː.dʒa/ Stress on the long /iː/.Is this the spelling you searched?
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Variants of this name
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Names sharing the خ Kha influence
Like Khadija, these names carry Kha (خ) as their leading letter influence.
Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Khadija
What does the name Khadija mean?
Each letter under this meaning has its own quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read in Khadija? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Khadija? →
Is Khadija mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Khadija mean in Urdu?
Urdu kept the Arabic letter meanings alive through poetry and scholarship, they still sit under Khadija. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Khadija a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Khadija in Ilm ul Huroof?
This is Ilm ul Huroof, the classical Islamic science of letters in the line of Muhyiddin Ibn Arabi. Every Arabic letter under Khadija is an ontological principle, not just a sound. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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