Hafsa
This Arabic name carries "young lioness" next to its older sense of gathering. Fewer than 30 women in Poland have it, so most Poles have never met one.
Hafsa Pronunciation
Hafsa is pronounced KHAHF-sah (/ˈxafsa/).
What Hafsa means
Where Hafsa comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hafsa belongs to the Arabic naming tradition, though its deeper origin is not settled here. Its short meaning is "gathering," and an older reading gives "young lioness." No diminutives or variants travel with it.
The clearest historical bearer is Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of the caliph Umar and a wife of the Prophet Muhammad. After his death the written pages of the Quran were placed in her keeping. That fact sits close to the Polish sense of the name, opiekunka and ochrona, the one who shelters and guards.
Those Polish meanings, guardian and protection, were attached to the name later, drawn from the memory of a woman trusted to hold something whole. In a Polish class register today a Hafsa turns up rarely, one such name among the Zuzannas. She would sign the same imieniny lists as the rest. The name still points back to its first meaning: a gathering.
How many people are named Hafsa
1 in 867071 women in Poland is named Hafsa. 26 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #8285 among female names.
Hafsa's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.
Hafsa as a middle name
Hafsa is a first name for 26 women in Poland and a middle name for another 3, a 90/10 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 4832nd, between Hae (3) and Hagar (3).
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