Hessa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HESS-a
- Origin
- Arabic
Hessa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “share, portion”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hessa mean?
Arabic: from Arabic hissa, a share
“share, portion”
A Gulf Arabic girl's name from hissa, meaning a share or portion.
Is Hessa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hessa is a girls' name.
How popular is Hessa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hessa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hessa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
Names like Hessa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Zara, Hiba, Huda, Lyla, Summer, Lola, Layla, Zainab, Ava, Eva
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Mohammed, Mohammad, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hessa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hessa, updated 20 October 2026.