Khadiza
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kha-DEE-za
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Khadiza is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “premature child”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Khadiza mean?
Arabic: Bengali spelling of Khadija
“premature child”
Bengali spelling of Khadija, the Prophet Muhammad's first wife.
Is Khadiza a girl's or a boy's name?
Khadiza is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khadiza in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 633% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Khadiza, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2003, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Khadiza than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Khadiza in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Khadiza in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 11 | #2,119 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 16 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,815 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Khadiza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Faiza, Habiba, Sabiha, Saba, Fariha, Safia, Waziha, Humaira, Nafisa, Salma, Afifa, Halima
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, “Khadiza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khadiza, updated 20 October 2026.