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Hafsa

حفصہ

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Meaning today: Young lioness
Original meaning: "from ḥafṣ, a lion's cub" Ibn Manẓūr
Say it: HAF-sa
Written: حفصہ
Other spellings: Hafsah, Hafza

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Hafsa meaning

Hafsa (حفصہ) is a Muslim and international girl's name of Arabic origin.

From ḥafṣ, a lion's cub

Also used to mean: young lioness

Hafsa (حفصہ) is the feminine of ḥafṣ, which the 13th-century Arabic dictionary Lisān al-ʿArab records as a lion's cub; it also lists Ḥafṣa as a woman's name. Name lists today give "young lioness", a feminine rendering of the same sense. The name is honoured as that of Ḥafṣa bint ʿUmar (c. 605–665), daughter of the second caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, who married the Prophet Muhammad in 625 after being widowed. The written pages of the Quran gathered under Abū Bakr passed into her keeping, and when the caliph ʿUthmān standardised the text he used her copy. The name itself does not occur in the Quran.

Source: Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab (13th century) · entry حفص · See the entry · checked 25 Oct 2026

References: Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab, ḥafṣ (via arabiclexicon.hawramani.com) · Wikipedia, Hafsa bint Umar (citing Sahih al-Bukhari)