Hajar
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning stone, rock.
Babies a year
29
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#1133
29 babies
Hajar by the numbers
In 2025, 29 babies in England and Wales were named Hajar. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 36 babies in 2010, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hajar. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hagarflight; stranger; foreigner4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hajerstone; pebble4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hajaravariant of Hagar, the Egyptian handmaid4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haajar7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haja6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hananmerciful or compassionate25 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Hajar, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
- Selahpause or rock; biblical term of uncertain significance693 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hajar
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