Khawaja as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Khawaja

What is the meaning of the name Khawaja ?

The baby name Khawaja is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /xwɑːˈdʒɑː/ (Persian/Urdu); anglicized: /kəˈwɑːdʒə/ — respelling: KHWAA-jah.

Khawaja is Arabic, Persian, Urdu in Origin.

Khawaja is a Persian honorific-turned-given name from Persian خواجه (xwāja/khwāja), meaning “master,” “lord,” or “respected gentleman,” later adopted into Arabic, Urdu, and Turkic. In South Asia it functions as both a masculine first name and a hereditary surname, while across the Persianate world it long signified a learned man, wealthy merchant, or spiritual guide.

The title became closely associated with Sufi piety through figures such as Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya, and Khwaja Abdullah Ansari, which helped popularize it as a personal name in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia. Variants and regional spellings include Khwaja, Khawajah, Khaja, Khawaga (Egyptian Arabic), Khodja/Khoja (Central and South Asia), and the cognate Turkish Hoca (Albanian Hoxha). Today Khawaja remains a dignified, traditional choice evoking scholarship, leadership, and benevolence; it is typically masculine, though as an honorific it was historically applied more broadly.