Hamza
The name carries the sense of "lion" and "strong". Given only to boys and to fewer than 400 living Poles in all, it's rare enough that most people here have never met one, and it's given less each year.
Hamza Pronunciation
Hamza is pronounced KHAHM-zah (/ˈxamza/).
What Hamza means
Where Hamza comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hamza is classed as Hebrew in origin, though its life has been Arabic for many centuries. The short meaning given to it is plain: lion, and strong. Those two senses sit close together.
The best-known bearer is Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, an uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, killed at the Battle of Uhud in 625. Tradition gave him the title Asad Allah, the Lion of God, and later remembered him as a master of the martyrs. That title fixed the sense "lion" to the name for the people who came after him.
The name travels without diminutives. There is no softened form, no cross-gender pair. A boy is Hamza on the school register and Hamza on every form at the urząd.
In Poland the name arrives with families of Arabic background, and it stays short. Four letters, one weight. When a teacher reads it from the class list, the meaning behind it is lion.
How many people are named Hamza
1 in 55880 men in Poland is named Hamza. 382 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1519 among male names.
Hamza's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1586 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2020. Still the #1519 name among living men, even as it slips to #1586 among newborns.
Where Hamza is most popular
Hamza is most popular in Lesser Poland, 852% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+852%
Hamza as a middle name
Hamza is a first name for 382 men in Poland and a middle name for another 48, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1097th, between Chol (48) and Huy (48).
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#1095 Baruch48
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#1096 Chol48
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#1097 Hamza48
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#1098 Huy48
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#1099 Hyun48