Hajah as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hajah

What is the meaning of the name Hajah ?

The baby name Hajah is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced HAH-jah (approx. IPA: /ˈhɑːdʒə/; Arabic: /ħaːdʒa/).

Hajah is Arabic in Origin.

From Arabic ḥajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca, Hajah is the feminine honorific for a woman who has completed it; as a given name it conveys “female pilgrim,” with overtones of devotion, respectability, and community standing. It ultimately derives from the triliteral root H-J-J (“to set out with purpose, to make pilgrimage”), related in classical Arabic to ideas of intent and proof, though the name’s sense centers on religious accomplishment.

Across the Muslim world Hajah functions chiefly as a title attached to a woman’s name after the pilgrimage, documented since early Islamic times. In Malay-speaking Southeast Asia - especially Brunei and Malaysia - it appears in formal styles before the name (e.g., Hajah Amina) and is sometimes recorded in civil documents, helping it drift into given-name use in the 20th century. In West Africa the Francophone form Hadja is common; other variants include Hajja and Hajjah. The masculine counterpart is Haji.