Entry № 4420 · Arabic origin

Ibtihaj Ibtihaj — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ib-tee-HAHJ /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Joyfulness (Ibtihaj Muhammad first Muslim hijabi US Olympic medalist)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "joyfulness (ibtihaj muhammad first muslim hijabi us olympic medalist)".

Ibtihaj is from the Arabic ابتهاج (Ibtihāj — joy, delight, exultation). Ibtihaj is one of the Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage.

Joyfulness (Ibtihaj Muhammad first Muslim hijabi US Olympic medalist) — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

ابتهاج
Transliteration
Ibtihāj
Pronunciation
/ ɪb.tiːˈhɑːdʒ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ibtihaj stands.

Ibtihaj 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.

Ibtihajs before her.

Real people
Ibtihaj Muhammad
First Muslim American woman to wear hijab at Olympics + Bronze Medal Rio 2016 fencing.
born 1985
In fiction
Ibtihaj
Arabic joyfulness.

Names connected to Ibtihaj.

The number behind Ibtihaj.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ibtihaj reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.