Khadija
Its Hebrew root means "premature child". In Poland it stays rare: fewer than a hundred women carry it, and most Poles have never met one.
Khadija Pronunciation
Khadija is pronounced kkhah-DEE-yah (/kxaˈdija/).
What Khadija means
Where Khadija comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Khadija came into Polish use through Arabic, carried by Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the Meccan merchant who became the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad. Older tracings follow the name back to Hebrew, yet Arabic is the culture that claims it. The usual gloss is "premature child", a baby who came early.
That reading has stayed literal rather than turning symbolic. No diminutive softens it. There is no boys' form and no Polish variant to blur the edges. Khadija stands as itself.
On a Polish class register the name reads plainly, four syllables among the Amelias and Zofias. At the urząd it fills the same box as any other form does. The spelling keeps its Arabic shape. Its meaning stays specific: a child born early.
How many people are named Khadija
1 in 292777 women in Poland is named Khadija. 77 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #4064 among female names.
Khadija's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Khadija as a middle name
Khadija is a first name for 77 women in Poland and a middle name for another 16, an 83/17 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1838th, between Kaye (16) and Kimberley (16).
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#1836 Katerine16
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#1837 Kaye16
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#1838 Khadija16
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#1839 Kimberley16
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#1840 Krysta16