Khawaja
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kha-WAA-ja
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
Khawaja is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “master; lord”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies).
What does Khawaja mean?
Persian: from Persian khwaja, an honorific
“master; lord”
A title for a master or Sufi teacher, as in Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer.
Is Khawaja a girl's or a boy's name?
Khawaja is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khawaja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Khawaja, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1998, with 7 boys.
2025 had more boys named Khawaja than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Khawaja in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Khawaja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #6,556 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
Names like Khawaja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza Khalifa Humza Hassan Saif Rafa Azeem Habib Fahad Haseeb Qasim Saeed
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Khawaja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khawaja, updated 20 October 2026.