Hamda

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Хамда in RU Russia.

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 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◐

Hamda is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name2.2K records spelled Hamda6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Belgium, Tunisia, Syria

  Also written Hàmdà, Hàmda, Hâmdà, Ḥamda

• Spanish given name675 records spelled Hamda6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Hámdá, Ḥamda, Hàmdà

• a separate given name331 records spelled Hamda3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, India, United States, Tunisia

  Also written Ḥamda, Ḥamdā

• Thai given name63 records spelled Hamda5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United Kingdom

  Also written ฮำด๊ะ, ฮำดะ, Hamta, Humda

36 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●

Hamda is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, praise, laudation of Allah; feminine of Hamd

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, gratitude

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, praise

  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●

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●

• Hamda Saiedb. 1940TNTunisian islamic leader
• Hamda Khamisb. 1945BHBahraini poet
• Hamda Al Qubaisib. 2002AEEmirati racing driver
• Hamda bint Hassan al-SulaitiQAQatari politician, Deputy Speaker of the Shura Council
• Hamda DnidenTNTunisian contemporary artist

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 · 172 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hamda?

We estimate roughly 617 people bear Hamda (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Hamda have the most bearers?

Hamda is most frequently recorded in the United Arab Emirates, where it is most often spelled hamda.

How common is Hamda compared with other names?

In the United Arab Emirates, Hamda is the 112th most common given name of 29,311 given names recorded there.

Is Hamda a male or female name?

Hamda is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Hamda mean?

Recorded meaning: praise, laudation of Allah; fem.