Hamza

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hamisa in TZ Tanzania and 'Hamza' in CH Switzerland.

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◐

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

• French given name189K records spelled Hamza166 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Morocco, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Hàmza, Hàmzà, Hâmzâ, Hamzà, H'Amza

• Urdu given name104K records spelled Hamza86 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Pakistan, India, Türkiye, Nigeria

  Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Bangla

  Also written Hamja, Hamzah, হামজা, Humza, Hàmzà

• a separate given name12K records spelled Hamza5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Pakistan

  Also written Ḥamza, Hämzä, Ḣămză, Hamža

• Danish given name8.8K records spelled Hamza89 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Denmark, Norway, Morocco, United States

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian

  Also written Hamzaa, Hãmzã, Hãmžã, Hämzã, Håmža

61 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●

Hamza 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 Arabic, lion. Name of the Prophet Muhammad's uncle.

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Arabic, steadfast, strong; Arabic name linked to Hamza b. Abi Talib.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• Ancient name, probably meaning ‘steadfast’. Hana’ 9 ‘Bliss’, ‘happiness’, ‘well-being’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Turkish, 1. Aslan, güçlü adam. 2. İslam tarihinde Hz. Muhammed'in amcası.

  as a word·TDK Kişi Adları Sözlüğü (official Turkish given-name dictionary)

• In Swedish, Hamza (m.fl. former) är ett arabiskt namn som möjligen betyder ’styrka, kraft; lejon’. En känd namnbärare är profeten Muhammeds farbror Hamza ibn ’Abd al-Muttalib, omtalad för sin tapperhet.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

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) — 79 years between 1919–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalibb. 568SAMuhammad's companion and uncle (c.  568–625)
• Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmadb. 985IRFounding leader of the Druze
• Ibn al-Qalanisib. 1071SYnot in their usual nameArab historian (1073-1160)
• Hamza al-Ghamdib. 1980SA9/11 hijacker (1980–2001)
• Hamza bin Ladenb. 1989SAkey member of al-Qaeda
• Hamza Al-Dardourb. 1991JOfootballer
• Hamza Choudhuryb. 1997GBEnglish-Bangladeshi association football player (born 1997)
• Hamza Mendylb. 1997MAMoroccan association football player
• Hamza Rafiab. 1999TNTunisian and French association football player
• Hamza BeyTR15th Century Ottoman admiral of Albanian descent

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 · 940 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hamza?

We estimate roughly 44 thousand people bear Hamza (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Hamza have the most bearers?

Hamza is most frequently recorded in Türkiye, where it is most often spelled hamza.

How common is Hamza compared with other names?

In Türkiye, Hamza is the 134th most common given name of 294,597 given names recorded there.

Is Hamza a male or female name?

Hamza is a male 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.

What does the name Hamza mean?

Recorded meaning: 25 (hamzah): lion.'*’ Uncle (d.625) of Muhammad (s) who was known as ‘Lion of Allah and His Prophet’!** on account of his bravery in battles