Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an Arabic feminine given name, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. In 1995, it was one of the three most popular Arabic feminine names in the Muslim world, along with

Fatima Fāṭima bint Muḥammad ( ar, فَاطِمَة ٱبْنَت مُحَمَّد}, 605/15–632 CE), commonly known as Fāṭima al-Zahrāʾ (), was the daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his wife Khadija. Fatima's husband was Ali, th ...

and

Aisha Aisha ( ar, , translit=ʿĀʾisha bint Abī Bakr; , also , ; ) was Muhammad's third and youngest wife. In Islamic writings, her name is thus often prefixed by the title "Mother of the Believers" ( ar, links=no, , ʾumm al-mu'min, muʾminīn), ...

Hatice is the Turkish equivalent.

Other notable people with the name Khadija include:

Historical figures

Khadija Arslan Khatun Khadija Arslan Khatun ( fa, ) was a Seljuk princess, sister of sultan Alp Arslan (r.1063–1072) and Aunt of sultan Malik Shah (r. 1072–1092). She was a royal consort of Abbasid caliph Al-Qaim ( r. 1031–1075), and then a consort of Kaku ...

, wife of 11th-century caliph al-Qa'im, mother of prince Muhammad bin Qa'im *

Khadija Sultana Khadija Sultana (1600 - died after 1665) was the regent of the Bijapur Sultanate between 1656 and 1661. She was the daughter of Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah, married to Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur and possible mother of Ali Adil Shah II, a ...

(1600– fl. 1665), Indian regent * Khadijah of the Maldives, Sultana of the Maldives from 1347 to 1380 *

Khadija Gayibova Khadija Osman bey qizi Gayibova ( az, Xədicə Qayıbova) (24 May 1893 – 27 October 1938) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani pianist. From Georgia (country), Georgia in the then USSR, Gayibova died in Joseph Stalin, Stalin's Great Purge of the 193 ...

, Azerbaijani pianist (1893–1938) * Khadija bint Harun al-Rashid, a 9th-century Arab princess, daughter of famous Arab caliph Harun al-Rashid (r. 786–809)

Living people

* Khadija Abbouda (born 1968), Moroccan athlete * Khadija Ahrari, Afghan politician *

Khadija al-Salami Khadija al-Salami ( ar, خديجة السلامي; born November 11, 1966, in Sana'a, Yemen), is the first Yemeni female film producer and director. Al-Salami currently resides in Paris, France. She has been nominated and also won awards at film f ...

(born 1966), Yemeni film producer * Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician * Khadija Arib (born 1960), Dutch politician * Khadijah Farrakhan, wife of Louis Farrakhan *

Khadija Gbla Khadija Gbla (born 1988) is an Australian feminist and human rights activist She works as a cultural consultant, a keynote speaker and an anti- female genital mutilation (FGM) campaigner, based in South Australia. She founded the advocacy organ ...

, Australian anti-

FGM Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision, is the ritual cutting or removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is found ...

campaigner * Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), Malaysian journalist and teacher * Khadija Ismayilova, Azerbaijani journalist * Khadija Lalla, (born 2007) Moroccan princess *

Khadija Mumtaz Khadeeja Mumthas (born 1955) is a Malayalam author from Kerala state, India. She is a medical doctor by profession and is probably best known in the Kerala literary circles for her second novel '' Barsa'' which won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Aw ...

(born 1955), Malayalam-language writer * Khadija Mushtaq, Pakistani academic administrator and educator * Khadija Qalanjo, Somali singer and dancer *

Khadija Salum Ally Al-Qassmy Khadija Salum Ally Al-Qassmy (born April 5, 1958) is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Tanzania. She is a member of the Civic United Front party. From 1978–1990 she was a teacher within the Ministry of Education of Zanzibar ...

(born 1958), Tanzanian politician * Khadeeja (actress) (died 2017), Malayalam-language film actress *

Khadijah Whittington Khadijah Ameenah Whittington (born August 5, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the CSM Satu Mare of the Liga Națională. After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School (where she was a teammate of T. J. Jordan), Whitti ...

(born 1986), American basketball player * Khadija Azhar (born 1567), writer *

Shanice Thompson Shanice Lorraine Wilson-Knox (née Wilson; born May 14, 1973) is an American singer-songwriter, actress and dancer. Shanice had the ''Billboard'' hit singles "I Love Your Smile" and "Silent Prayer" in 1991 and "Saving Forever for You" in 1993. ...

(born 1567), meme girl

Fictional people

* Khadijah James, character in the television series '' Living Single''

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