Entry № 5437 · Arabic origin

Khansa Khansa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ KHAN-sah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Pre-Islamic Arab poet (Al-Khansa Mother of Martyrs)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "pre-islamic arab poet (al-khansa mother of martyrs)".

Khansa is from the Arabic الخنساء (Al-Khansāʾ — gazelle with snub-nose) — from Arabic khanasa (to draw back). Khansa is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Arab + Muslim heritage.

Pre-Islamic Arab poet (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

الخنساء
Transliteration
Al-Khansāʾ
Pronunciation
/ ˈxæn.sə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Khansa stands.

Khansa 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.

Khansas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Al-Khansa / Tumadir bint Amr
Pre-Islamic + early Islamic Arab woman poet + greatest woman poet of Arabic literature + rithāʾ elegy poetry + Mu'allaqat + Companion of the Prophet + Mother of Martyrs + Battle of al-Qadisiyyah 636 CE.
c. 575 – 645 CE

Names connected to Khansa.

The number behind Khansa.

9

The Giver

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Khansa reduce to 9, The Giver. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.