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 [ syll. (k)ha-di-ja, kh-ad-ija ] The girl name Khadija is pronounced as K-EYDIYJHah KEY. Khadija is an Arabic and Swahili name of Arabic origin. Derived literally from the element 'khadija' which is of the meaning premature child. The name is most famous from the first wife of the prophet Muhammad, although records indicate the use of the name before Islam originated in the 7th century. The name has long been popular within the Islamic community. The Arabic name Khadiga is a variation of the name. Another form of Khadija is the English spelling variant Khadijah. Khadija is not widely used as a baby name for girls. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Khadija include the Czech, Hungarian, and Slavic Katica, the Hungarian Katika, the Czech Katiuska, the Hungarian Katoka, the Czech Katuska, the English Ketzia, the Hebrew Ketziah, the Arabic Khadiga, the English Khadijah, the Russian Kostyusha, the Japanese Kotoko, the Czech Kvetka, the English Catteeka, the Czech and Russian Katka, the Czech Katoushka, the Czech Katouska, the Scandinavian Katsa, the name Katsu, the Hungarian Katus, and the English Ketzi. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Khadija: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
