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Meaning, origin and pronunciation, with published usage by place and year.
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Early or premature, from the documented Arabic word form.
The Arabic given-name entry identifies Khadija and links its same-form word to the feminine of khadīj, glossed early or premature. This is historical word meaning, not a claim about a modern child’s health or birth. The name also has a documented association with Khadija bint Khuwaylid.
Arabic given-name tradition
The entry explicitly records borrowing from Arabic Khadija and feminine given-name use. No literal meaning is inferred from the untranslated form, and no simplified English guide is guessed for the recorded fricative.
/xəˈdiːd͡ʒə/
The reviewed English IPA retains a voiceless velar fricative at the beginning. The approximate guide is not a complete account of Arabic or other-language pronunciations.
Recorded English reading, as published. Accents and preferred pronunciations can differ.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 98 · preliminary | 320 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Canada | 1992 | Boys | 5 | 1685 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 385 (rounded to 5) | 137 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2025 | Girls | 340 | 146 | Published ranks differ from ranks calculated over visible rows. Counts retained; automated trend labels withheld. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2022 | Girls | 4 | 354 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2025 | Girls | 13 | 272 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2025 | Girls | 7 | 483 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 258 | 980 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Given-name use is documented in the reviewed English dictionary section. This is language-of-use evidence, distinct from historical origin or a bearer’s birth country, and not an exhaustive language list.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The Arabic given-name entry identifies Khadija and links its same-form word to the feminine of khadīj, glossed early or premature. This is historical word meaning, not a claim about a modern child’s health or birth. The name also has a documented association with Khadija bint Khuwaylid.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Direct Arabic reading from the name entry; not a replacement for the separately documented English IPA.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The entry explicitly records borrowing from Arabic Khadija and feminine given-name use. No literal meaning is inferred from the untranslated form, and no simplified English guide is guessed for the recorded fricative.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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The reviewed English IPA retains a voiceless velar fricative at the beginning. The approximate guide is not a complete account of Arabic or other-language pronunciations.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Documented descendant form in another language: Hausa. This is a language-specific relationship, not an interchangeable spelling or merged statistic.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Documented descendant form in another language: Turkish. This is a language-specific relationship, not an interchangeable spelling or merged statistic.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Documented descendant form in another language: Malay and Indonesian. This is a language-specific relationship, not an interchangeable spelling or merged statistic.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Supporting evidence for the stated name tradition. Reconstructed roots, disputed interpretations and language-specific readings are qualified in the explanation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Supporting evidence for the stated name tradition. Reconstructed roots, disputed interpretations and language-specific readings are qualified in the explanation.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
