Hifza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HIF-za
- Origin
- Arabic
Hifza is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “protection, guarding”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Hifza mean?
Arabic: from Arabic hifz, protection
“protection, guarding”
From Arabic hifz, meaning protection, guarding or memorisation, the word used for learning the Quran by heart.
Is Hifza a girl's or a boy's name?
Hifza is a girls' name.
How popular is Hifza in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Hifza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hifza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 22 | #1,516 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 12 | #1,637 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,593 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 8 | #2,073 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Hifza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba, Faiza, Humaira, Salma, Saba, Fatma, Aysha, Hibah, Hamna, Safa, Safia, Hafsa
Names related to Hifza
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, “Hifza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hifza, updated 20 October 2026.