Girls names starting with H

حفصة

Young lioness. Name of Hafsa bint Umar, wife of Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and entrusted with the first compilation of the Quran.

هاجر

Name of Hagar, wife of Prophet Abraham and mother of Ismail. Her search for water for her son inspired the Hajj rite of Sa'i between Safa and Marwa.

حنان

Tenderness, deep affection, compassion. A gentle name conveying noble character.

هدى

Guidance, right path. A central concept in Islam, frequently mentioned in the Quran as divine guidance.

هنوف

the symbol of happiness and generous hospitality; one who embodies honour and lasting blessings; a woman of noble generosity whose grace endures through every season of life

هتون

the rain of blessings; she who pours forth an abundance of good things; a woman of generous nature who refreshes all around her as spring rain refreshes the thirsty earth

هيفي

Hope (Kurdish). A beautiful simple name evoking optimism and a bright future.

هيرا

Named after Cave Hira where Prophet Muhammad ﷺ received the first revelation. Carries deep spiritual meaning.

هَادِية

Guide to righteousness, calm

هَاجِرَة

The wife of Hazrat Ibrahim, peace be upon him.

حُبَيْقة

Wave, wave of the sea, curl of the hair

هُدْهُد

Hadahid is an Arabic name for girls that means hoopoes, the plural of Hudhud (hoopoe), which is a colorful bird mentioned in the Quran in the story of Prophet Sulaiman (Solomon son of David), peace be upon him.

حَضَارَة

Adorned with beauty, splendid

هَدْباء

With long eye lashes

هَدِيل

to coo (like a dove)

حُدَيْقة

Walled garden, Secure

هَدِيّة

Guide to righteousness, gift, fem. of Hadi, leader

حَفِيفَة

Hafifah is an Arabic name for girls that means rustle, swish, the sound of wind moving through trees.

هَيْبَة

Haibah is an Arabic name for girls that means greatness, majesty, gravity, solemnity.

حَيْدرة

Haidarah is an Arabic name for girls that means lioness.

هَالَة

Sweetness, moon halo, outline of brightness, ring around the eye, aureole, name of the sister of Khadija, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

حُلْوَة

Halawah is an Arabic name for girls that means sweetness.

حَالِيَّة

Haliyah is an Arabic name for girls that means adorned with jewellery.

هَمْسَة

Hamasah is an Arabic name for girls that means zeal, eagerness, ardency, keenness.

حَمْدَان

The praised one, The one who lauds, extols, variation of the name Muhammad.

حُمْدِيّ

Thankful. Hameda is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means thankful, woman who praises Allah often. It is derived from the H6-M-D root which is very common in the Quran and is the root for other names like Muhammad and Ahmad. BLANKENTER This name is not to be confused with Hameeda.

حَمُّودة

Hammudah is an Arabic name for girls that means praiseworthy.

حَمْنَة

Name of a Sahabiyyah, who is known as Hamnah bint Jahsh and she was a sister of Hazrat Zainab (RA), The daughter of Jahsh al-Asdiyah was so named she narrated Hadith..

حَمْزِيَّة

Hamziyyah is an Arabic name for girls that means one who is like a lioness.

هَنَّادِيّ

Lovely smell, Beautiful Face.

حَنَّا

Compassion, affectionate, sympathy, pity.

هِنْد

An old Arabic Muslim name

حَنَّانَة

Hannanah is an Arabic name for girls that means affectionate, sympathetic, caring, tender.

حَنُّونة

Compassionate, fem. of Hanun.

حَرْمَلَة

A Plant (African rue), An Egyption disciple of Shafaee had this name. He was Ibn Yahya.

حِرْز

Harz is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means to protect, to guard.

حَسْنَاء

Hasanaa is an Arabic name for girls that means beautiful.

هَاشِمِيَّة

Hashimah is an Arabic name for girls that means modest, virtuous, reserved.

حَسُّونَة

Hassunah is an Arabic name for girls that means beautiful.

حَوْرَاء

Hawraa is an indirect Quranic name for girls that means white, fair, and when used to describe the eyes it means eyes whose black part is intense black and whose white part is intense and pure white. It is derived from the H6-W-R root which is used in many places in the Quran to describe the compani...

حَوَّاء

One who rejects falsehood and follows the truth, the wife of Hazrat Aadam (Peace be upon him).

هيَّا

Shyness, bashfulness, coyness, modesty.

حَيَاء

Hayaa is an Arabic name for girls that means modesty, chastity, virtue.

حَزْمِيَّة

Hazmiyah is an Arabic name for girls that means resolute, determined.

هِدَاية

Instruction, guidance, righteousness

هَجْريَّة

Hijriyyah is an Arabic name for girls that means related to the Hijrah (the journey of the Prophet and his companions from Mecca to Medina, peace be upon him and his companions), related to the Hijri year or calendar.

حِكْمَة

Hikma is an Arabic name for boys and girls that means wisdom.

هِنْدَة

She was the wife of Abu Sufyan (some versions call her Hind).