Hajar
Fewer than 30 women in Poland carry it, so most Poles have never met a Hajar. The name comes from Hebrew and means "stone".
Hajar Pronunciation
Hajar is pronounced KHAH-yahr (/ˈxajar/).
What Hajar means
Where Hajar comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Hajar traces back to Hebrew, the source it shares with the older name Hagar. In the Book of Genesis, Hagar is the Egyptian servant of Sarah and the mother of Ishmael. In Arabic the word hajar means stone, and that sense sits under the name here. In Polish it is kamień.
In Islamic tradition Hajar holds a central place. She is remembered as the mother of Ismail, left in the desert valley near Mecca. Searching for water, she ran seven times between the hills of Safa and Marwa. Pilgrims repeat that run during the Hajj, and the ritual is called sa'i. The name belongs to a story people still act out with their feet.
The name has no common diminutives, and it stays whole. On a Polish class register it sits without a name-day beside it, since imieniny for Hajar are not fixed in the calendar. What stays with it is the plain meaning: stone, kamień.
How many people are named Hajar
1 in 805137 women in Poland is named Hajar. 30 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #7475 among female names.
Hajar as a middle name
Hajar is a first name for 30 women in Poland and a middle name for another 2, a 94/6 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 5960th, between Haidi (2) and Hajnalka (2).
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#5958 Hai Yen2
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#5959 Haidi2
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#5960 Hajar2
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#5961 Hajnalka2
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#5962 Hajra2