Hifsah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HIF-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
Hifsah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “young lioness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hifsah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Hifsa, itself a variant of Hafsa
“young lioness”
Variant of Hafsa, the name of Hafsa bint Umar, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Meaning borrowed from Hifsa.
Is Hifsah a girl's or a boy's name?
Hifsah is a girls' name.
How popular is Hifsah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 5 girls.
Hifsah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
Names like Hifsah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hibah, Farah, Samah, Aakifah, Azeemah, Faiza, Saba, Habiba, Umamah, Afrah, Zairah, Niyyah
Names related to Hifsah
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, “Hifsah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hifsah, updated 20 October 2026.