Hajji as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hajji

What is the meaning of the name Hajji ?

The baby name Hajji is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced English: /ˈhædʒi/ ("HAJ-ee"); Arabic (approx.): /ħadˈdʒiː/ (guttural ḥ, geminated j).

Hajji is Arabic in Origin.

From Arabic Ḥājjī (حاجّي), built on ḥājj “pilgrim” from the root ḥ-j-j (“to perform pilgrimage”), Hajji means “pilgrim; one who has completed the Hajj.” Initially an honorific placed before a name, it later stabilized as both a given name and surname in many Muslim societies. The name carries connotations of piety, respectability, and elder status, and is most commonly masculine, with a feminine counterpart Ḥājjah (Hajja/Hajjah).

Usage spread widely through Persian and Ottoman spheres and along Indian Ocean trade routes: Persian/Urdu Haji or Hajji; Turkish Hacı; Somali and Swahili Haji; Malay/Indonesian as the title Haji (often abbreviated Hj.). European renderings include Hadji (French), Albanian Haxhi, Greek Chatzis/Hatzi- (also for Christian pilgrims to Jerusalem), and South Slavic Hadži. Variants and spellings: Hajji, Haji, Hadji, Haaji; related surnames and prefixes echo the same pilgrim sense.