Entry № 3980 · Arabic origin

Hajar Hajar — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ HAH-jar /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Hagar / Zamzam well (Quran + Genesis)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "hagar / zamzam well (quran + genesis)".

Hajar is from the Arabic هاجر (Hājar — to migrate, to flee) — from Arabic hijra (migration). Hajar is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim + Jewish + Christian heritage.

Hagar / Zamzam well (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

هاجر
Transliteration
Hājar
Pronunciation
/ ˈhɑː.dʒɑːr /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Hajar stands.

Hajar 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.

Hajars before her.

Real people

In fiction
Hagar / Hājar
Egyptian matriarch + second wife of Abraham + mother of Ishmael + Genesis 16 + 21 + Zamzam Well + Hajj pilgrimage + Sa'i between Safa + Marwah + ~2.5 million annual Hajj pilgrims.
Quran + Genesis

Names connected to Hajar.

The number behind Hajar.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Hajar reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.