Khadejah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kuh-DEE-juh
- Origin
- Arabic
Khadejah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “born prematurely”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Khadejah 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.
Meaning borrowed from Kadejah.
Is Khadejah a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadejah is a girls' name.
How popular is Khadejah 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 115 girls. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the girls named Khadejah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Khadejah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 115 | #1,397 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
Names like Khadejah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Farah, Zakiyah, Ruqayyah, Sumayyah, Farrah, Samiyah, Safiya, Nusaybah, Hadassah, Zainab, Zahira
Names related to Khadejah
Khadija, Khadijah, Kadijah, Khadeeja, Khadeejah, Kadejah, Kadeja, Khadeja
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Khadejah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khadejah, updated 20 October 2026.