Entry № 0307 · Arabic origin

Hafsa Hafsa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAF-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Young lioness, gatherer"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "young lioness, gatherer".

Hafsa (حفصة) comes from the Arabic root meaning "young lioness" or, by some accounts, "gatherer." Hafsa bint Umar was a wife of the Prophet Muhammad and is credited with preserving one of the earliest written copies of the Quran.

Hafsa is widely used across the Muslim world.

Young lioness. The wife who preserved the Quran.

The name in its native script.

حفصة
Transliteration
Ḥafṣah
Pronunciation
/ ˈhæf.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hafsa stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Hafsa · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Hafsas before her.

Real people
Hafsa bint Umar
Wife of Prophet Muhammad, preserver of Quran manuscript.
c. 605 – 665 CE
In fiction
Hafsa
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Hafsa.

The number behind Hafsa.

4

The Builder

Hafsa reduces to four — the number of guarded knowledge.

Why families chose this name.

"Hafsa bint Umar. The keeper of the manuscript. Five letters."
Reem · Mother of one · Cairo