At a Glance: Name: Hamza – Meaning: strong, steadfast – Origin: Arabic – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: HAHM-zah
Hamza is an Arabic boy's name meaning “strong, steadfast”. It appears in 5 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Hamza
Meaning: Strong, steadfast.
Origin: Arabic.
A common claim: Popularly said to mean 'lion' Actually: The literal Arabic root means 'strong/steadfast'; 'lion' comes from the epithet of the historical Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib ('Lion of Allah'), not the word's core meaning.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Hamza
Phonetic: HAHM-zah IPA: /ˈhɑːmzə/
Popularity of Hamza
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1977–2024.
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