Hajrah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 18 babies a year in England and Wales.
Hajrah by the numbers
In 2025, 18 babies in England and Wales were named Hajrah. In the US, 6 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Hajrah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hajrah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hajramigrant or journey; a form of hajra or hegira32 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hannahgrace, favour5,878 in the US (2017)
- Hafsahprotector, guardian68 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hajarstone, rock29 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hanahgrace, favor; a form of Hannah27 in the US (2017)
- Haramforbidden or sacred17 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Hajrah
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