Hajer

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hajer is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name683 records spelled Hajer5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tunisia, Spain, Brazil, United States

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hàjêr, Hàjèr, Hàjér

• Czech given name390 records spelled Hajer4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia

  Also written Hajeř, Hājĕř

• Polish given name360 records spelled Hajer2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland

  Also written Hàjer

• Danish given name237 records spelled Hajer10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish

  Also written Hàjêr, Hājęr, Häjér, Haĵer, Håjĕř

• Croatian given name144 records spelled Hajer9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tunisia

  Languages: Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

  Also written Hájer, Hàjér, Häjër

• a separate given name108 records spelled Hajer5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Tunisia

  Also written Håjër, Hàjér, Hãjęr, Hãjër

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hajer is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Danish, indefinite plural of haj

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hajer Azizb. 1953TNTunisian politician
• Hajer Bahourib. 1958TNFrench and Tunisian mathematician
• Hajer Tbessib. 1971TNTunisian judoka
• Hajer Hayounib. 1982TNTunisian fencer
• Hajer Barhoumib. 1983TNTunisian judoka
• Hajer Shariefb. 1994LYLibyan pacifist
• Hajer Mustaphab. 1994FRFrench taekwondo athlete
• Hajer Slim AmaraTNTunisian researcher
• Hajer TrikiTNTunisian politician
• Hajer Ben BoubakerFRFrench-Tunisian independent researcher and radio documentary maker

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 97 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hajer?

We estimate roughly 1.3 thousand people bear Hajer (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Hajer have the most bearers?

Hajer is most frequently recorded in Tunisia, where it is most often spelled hajer.

How common is Hajer compared with other names?

In Tunisia, Hajer is the 137th most common given name of 13,955 given names recorded there.

Is Hajer a male or female name?

Hajer is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.