Kadeja
Girl · kuh-DEE-juh · Arabic
Kadeja is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “born prematurely”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Kadeja mean?
Arabic: spelling of Kadejah, itself a variant spelling of Khadijah
“born prematurely”
A variant spelling of Khadijah, the name of Khadija bint Khuwaylid, the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
- Say it
- kuh-DEE-juh
Meaning borrowed from Kadejah.
Is Kadeja a girl's or a boy's name?
Kadeja is a girls' name.
How popular is Kadeja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1994, with 59 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Kadeja in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kadeja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 32 | #3,417 |
| 1994 | 59 | #2,227 |
| 1993 | 40 | #2,933 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
Names like Kadeja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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