Female name
Khadijah
4,974 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2015. Expression number: 7.
Origin
Arabic name خَدِيجَة, Ḫadīǧah.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Khadijah”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2015: 267 births. 4,974 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 1,096 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1994: 1,622 births. 7,603 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s. It really came into use around 1971. It is still given: 745 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
2 + 8 + 1 + 4 + 9 + 1 + 1 + 8 = 34 → 7
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
1 + 9 + 1 = 11
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
5
freedom, change, movement
2 + 8 + 4 + 1 + 8 = 23 → 5
- Digits missing from the name
- 3, 5, 6, 7
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.