Hatice
A Turkish name meaning "premature child". Only about 65 women in Poland carry it, and no newborn has been registered with it in years, so most Poles will never meet one.
Hatice Pronunciation
Hatice is pronounced khah-TEE-tse (/xaˈtit͡sɛ/).
What Hatice means
Where Hatice comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hatice is the Turkish form of the Arabic name Khadija, and the two grow from a single root. One old reading of that root gives the meaning recorded here: premature child, a baby who arrived before the expected day. The sense is plain and physical. It puts no metaphor over the name.
In Turkey the name belongs above all to Hatice, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad. She was also the first person to accept his message. Ottoman records return to the name for centuries. Hatice Sultan was a title borne by imperial princesses, daughters and sisters of sultans, across many generations.
A Polish teacher reading a class register might pause once at the spelling, then read on. The final c sounds close to the English j. Whatever the ancient root once described, a child was born early, and that is where the meaning began: premature child.
How many people are named Hatice
1 in 346828 women in Poland is named Hatice. 65 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4518 among female names.