Haji

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hai in VN Vietnam, US United States, AU Australia and 5 more, Hacı in TR Türkiye, NL Netherlands, SY Syria and 2 more, Хаджи in RU Russia, UA Ukraine and 혜지 in KR South Korea.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 6 languages 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◐

Haji is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate surname88K records spelled Haji11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, United States

  Also written Ḥāji, Hāji, Ḥâjî, Ḥájí, Ḥājī

• Malay surname50K records spelled Haji9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, India

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Hâjï, Hājį, Hájí, Häjï, Håjï

• Pashto surname8.4K records spelled Haji4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Iran, Afghanistan, India

  Also written Hâji, Hàjì, Ḥājī

• French surname6.4K records spelled Haji13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, Tanzania

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Hăjï, Hãjī, Hajï, Häjî, Ḧàǰi

• Danish surname2.4K records spelled Haji18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Tanzania, Sweden

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Haaji, Hayi, Håji, Hãjï, Hãjį

53 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●

Haji is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Swahili, male name from hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Indonesian, hajj: the pilgrimage to Mecca made by pious Muslims; one of the five pillars of Islam

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

• In Malay, hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca)

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

• In Arabic, title of someone who has performed Hajj

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, pilgrim who has performed hajj

  as a name·African Muslim Names

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●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 95 years between 1913–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Seiji Hajib. 1893JPJapanese novelist and editor (1893-1977)
• Masao Hajib. 1925JPJapanese political activist, mathematics lecturer and critic
• Amou Hajib. 1928IRIranian eccentric (1928–2022)
• Kazuo Hajib. 1945JPJapanese baseball player and rikishi (1945-1999)
• Kareem Hajib. 1957INvictim of the COVID-19 pandemic
• Toshiaki Hajib. 1978JPJapanese association football player
• Sherwan Hajib. 1985SYSyrian-Finnish actor
• Abdulla Hajib. 1990QAQatari tennis player
• Lamiya Aji Basharb. 1998IQnot in their usual nameYazidi human rights activist
• Talal Hajib. 2007SASaudi Arabian footballer (born 2007)

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 · 316 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Haji?

We estimate roughly 20 thousand people bear Haji (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Haji have the most bearers?

Haji is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled hacı.

How common is Haji compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Haji is the 69th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

What does the name Haji mean?

Recorded meaning: Swahili: male name for boys born during the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca.