Entry № 3960 · Hebrew origin

Haggith Haggith — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAG-gith /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Festive (David's wife, Adonijah's mother)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew Bible)

A name that means "festive (david's wife, adonijah's mother)".

Haggith (חַגִּית) means "festive" in Hebrew — from hag (festival). In 2 Samuel 3:4, Haggith was the fifth wife of King David and mother of Adonijah, the prince who attempted to claim the throne over Solomon.

Rare but iconic in biblical scholarship.

Festive. David's wife, mother of Adonijah.

The name in its native script.

חַגִּית
Transliteration
Ḥaggîṯ
Pronunciation
/ ˈhæɡ.ɪθ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Haggith stands.

Haggith does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Haggiths before her.

Real people
Haggith
David's wife.
In fiction
Haggith
2 Samuel 3:4.
Hebrew Bible

Names connected to Haggith.

The number behind Haggith.

6

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Haggith reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.