The baby name Ibtihadj is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɪbtiˈhaːdʒ/ — respelling: ib-ti-HAJ (ib-tee-HAHJ), stress on the final syllable.
Ibtihadj is Arabic in Origin.
The baby name Ibtihadj is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ɪbtiˈhaːdʒ/ — respelling: ib-ti-HAJ (ib-tee-HAHJ), stress on the final syllable.
Ibtihadj is Arabic in Origin.
Ibtihadj is a Maghrebi/Francophone transliteration of the Arabic feminine name Ibtihaj (Ibtihāj, ابتهاج), built on the root b‑h‑j “to rejoice.” As a noun-name, it literally denotes joy, delight, or jubilation, conveying a wish that the bearer’s life be filled with happiness and celebration. The ending dj mirrors North African French spelling conventions for the /ʤ/ sound, as seen in names like Djamel.
The name has been used across the Arabic-speaking world through the 20th and 21st centuries, with notable visibility in North Africa and the diaspora. International recognition grew with American Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad. Common variants and transliterations include Ibtihaj, Ibtihāj, Ibtihadj, and the rarer French-influenced Ibtihaje. Related names from the same semantic field include Bahja/Bahjah (“gladness”) and the masculine Bahjat. Overall, Ibtihadj balances modern stylistic appeal with a classical Arabic meaning centered on elation.
Ibtihadj is a rare find. There are only 7 recorded uses of it in our data, from 1 country.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DZ | 0 | #1,228 | 7 | 20,130 |
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