Entry № 11444 · Arabic origin

Wajiha Wajiha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ wah-JEE-hah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Eminent / dignified"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "eminent / dignified".

Wajiha is from the Arabic وجيهة (Wajīhah — eminent, dignified, of high rank) — from Arabic wajh (face/presence). Wajiha is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. So wherever you turn, there is the wajh of Allah) central to Islamic theological + Sufi mystical heritage. Arabic feminine name reflecting Arab dignity heritage.

Eminent / dignified (Arabic).

The name in its native script.

وجيهة
Transliteration
Wajīhah
Pronunciation
/ wəˈdʒiː.hə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wajiha stands.

Wajiha 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.

Wajihas before her.

Real people
Wajiha al-Huwaidar
Saudi women's rights activist + We the Women founder + Saudi women's driving rights movement + Time 100 Most Influential 2008.
born 1962
In fiction
Wajiha
Arabic eminent + wajh-Allah Quran 2:115 + Sufi mystical heritage.

Names connected to Wajiha.

The number behind Wajiha.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Wajiha reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.