Hifsa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HIF-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
Hifsa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young lioness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hifsa mean?
Arabic: variant of Hafsa
“young lioness”
Variant of Hafsa, the name of Hafsa bint Umar, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Hifsa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hifsa is a girls' name.
How popular is Hifsa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hifsa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Hifsa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 8 | #2,012 |
Names like Hifsa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faiza, Salma, Habiba, Saba, Aysha, Humaira, Fatma, Hibah, Iqra, Sabiha, Hamna, Safia
Names related to Hifsa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Hifsa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hifsa, updated 20 October 2026.