Khadija, Khadeeja or Khadijah ( ar, خديجة, Khadīja) is an
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
feminine given name, the name of
Khadija bint Khuwaylid, first wife of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the mon ...
. 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, ...
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- muʾminīn), referr ...
.
Hatice is the Turkish equivalent.
Other notable people with the name Khadija include:
Historical figures
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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 Kakuy ...
, wife of 11th-century caliph al-Qa'im, mother of prince
Muhammad bin Qa'im
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Khadija Sultana (1600– fl. 1665), Indian regent
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Khadijah of the Maldives
Al-Sultana Khadeejah Sri Raadha Abaarana Mahaa Rehendhi (Dhivehi: އައްސުލްޠާނާ ޚަދީޖާ ސިރީ ރާދަ އަބާރަނަ މަހާރެހެންދި; died 1380) or more famously known as just Rehendhi Khadeejah (Dhivehi: ރެހެނ� ...
, Sultana of the Maldives from 1347 to 1380
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Khadija Gayibova, Azerbaijani pianist (1893–1938)
* Khadija bint Harun al-Rashid, a 9th-century Arab princess, daughter of famous Arab caliph
Harun al-Rashid
Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( ar
, أبو جعفر هارون ابن محمد المهدي) or Harun ibn al-Mahdi (; or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Harun al-Rashid ( ar, هَارُون الرَشِيد, translit=Hārūn ...
(r. 786–809)
Living people
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Khadija Abbouda (born 1968), Moroccan athlete
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Khadija Ahrari
Khadija Ahrari was an Afghan politician, and jointly the first woman elected to parliament in the country.
Biography
Following the introduction of women's suffrage in the 1964 constitution, Ahrari was one of four women elected to Parliament i ...
, Afghan politician
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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
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Khadija Amin, Bangladesh Nationalist Party politician
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Khadija Arib (born 1960), Dutch politician
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Khadijah Farrakhan, wife of
Louis Farrakhan
Louis Farrakhan (; born Louis Eugene Walcott, May 11, 1933) is an American religious leader, Black supremacy, black supremacist, Racism, anti-white and Antisemitism, antisemitic Conspiracy theory, conspiracy theorist, and former singer who hea ...
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Khadija Gbla, Australian anti-
FGM campaigner
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Khadijah Hashim (born 1942), Malaysian journalist and teacher
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Khadija Ismayilova
Khadija Rovshan qizi Ismayilova, also Ismailova, ( az, Xədicə Rövşən qızı İsmayılova, pronounced ; born 27 May 1976) is an Azerbaijani investigative journalist and radio host who is currently working for the Azerbaijani service of Rad ...
, Azerbaijani journalist
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Khadija Lalla, (born 2007) Moroccan princess
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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
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Khadija Mushtaq, Pakistani academic administrator and educator
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Khadija Qalanjo, Somali singer and dancer
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Khadija Salum Ally Al-Qassmy (born 1958), Tanzanian politician
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Khadeeja (actress)
Khadeeja (1939/40 - 26 July 2017) was an Indian actress in Malayalam movies. She was one of the prominent lead actress during the late 1960s and 1970s in Malayalam. In 1968, she acted in ''Viruthan Shanku'', the first full-length comedy in Malay ...
(died 2017), Malayalam-language film actress
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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
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Khadija Azhar (born 1567), writer
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Shanice Thompson (born 1567), meme girl
Fictional people
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Khadijah James, character in the television series ''
Living Single
''Living Single'' is an American television sitcom created by Yvette Lee Bowser that aired for five seasons on the Fox network from August 22, 1993, to January 1, 1998. The show centered on the lives of six friends who shared personal and profes ...
''
See also
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Khadija (disambiguation)
References
{{given name, cat=Arabic feminine given names
Arabic feminine given names
Khadija bint Khuwaylid