- Meaning
- Young lioness
- Arabic
- حفصة
- Say it
- HAF-sa
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
Usually explained from hafs, a lion cub; the old dictionaries also give other senses.
Famous people with this name
- Hafsa bint Umar, wife of the Prophet, who kept the first written copy of the whole Quran
Other spellings
Hafsah, Hafssa
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Questions about Hafsa
What does Hafsa mean?
Hafsa means: Young lioness. Usually explained from hafs, a lion cub; the old dictionaries also give other senses.
Is Hafsa in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Hafsa a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Hafsa is a girl’s name.
How do you write Hafsa in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Hafsa is written حفصة.