Khadija

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Khadijah in US United States, FR France, MY Malaysia, Хадиджа in KZ Kazakhstan, TJ Tajikistan, AZ Azerbaijan, Хадижа in RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and Khadiza in BD Bangladesh.

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 7 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◐

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

• French given name132K records spelled Khadija50 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Morocco, Belgium

  Languages: French, Catalan, Italian

  Also written Khàdijà, Khàdija, Khãdija, Khadijà, Khadîja

• Spanish given name53K records spelled Khadija29 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Brazil, United States, Morocco

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Khàdijà, Khädíja, Khádijá, Khâdîjâ, Khådįjā

• a separate given name16K records spelled Khadija2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Morocco, United States, India, Pakistan

  Also written Khādijā

• Norwegian Bokmål given name3.8K records spelled Khadija10 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, Denmark, Tanzania, Sweden

  Languages: Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, Swedish

  Also written Khådijå, Khãdîjã, Ķhådijå, Khådijā, Khådîjằ

• Finnish given name1.4K records spelled Khadija9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, India, Morocco, Nigeria

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Khãdîjå, Khãdïjã, Khädïjä, Khàdîjâ, Khãdîjā

• a separate given name247 records spelled Khadija7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Tanzania, United States, Syria, Morocco

  Also written Khådìjå, Khådîjä, Ķhådįjå, Khådija, Khådïjå

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●

Khadija 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, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad, who was the first to embrace Islam

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In French, Arabic Khadīja, 'premature child' or 'early-born'.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In Arabic, premature child; name of the Prophet's first wife

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In English, the first wife of the prophet Muhammad; the mother of Fatima.

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

• In Swedish, Khadija är ett arabiskt namn som innehåller ett ord med betydelsen ’barn som föddes tidigt’. Khadija var namnet på profeten Muhammeds första fru.

  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) — 95 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Khadija bint Khuwaylidb. 557SAFirst wife of Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, First believer in Islam and Prophet Muhammad’s most beloved wife
• Khadijeh Saqafib. 1915IRnot in their usual nameIranian revolutionary and Ruhollah Khomeini's wife
• Khadija Mastoorb. 1927PKPakistani writer (1927-1982)
• Khadija Aribb. 1960NLDutch former politician, civil servant, educator and social worker
• Xədicə İsmayılovab. 1976AZnot in their usual nameAzerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host
• Khadija El-Mardib. 1991MAMoroccan boxer
• Khadija Shawb. 1997JMJamaican association football player
• Princess Lalla Khadija of Moroccob. 2007MAMoroccan Royal
• Kadija LeclereMAnot in their usual nameBelgian-Moroccan film director
• Khadija bint AliIQdaughter of Ali bin Abi Talib

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 · 634 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Khadija?

We estimate roughly 41 thousand people bear Khadija (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Khadija have the most bearers?

Khadija is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled khadiza.

How common is Khadija compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Khadija is the 11th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Khadija a male or female name?

Khadija 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.

What does the name Khadija mean?

Recorded meaning: the first wife of Muhammad (s) who was the first to embrace Islam.