- Meaning
- Modesty, a sense of shame before God
- Arabic
- حياء
- Say it
- ha-YAA'
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
The Prophet said haya is a branch of faith (Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Other spellings
Hayaa
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Questions about Haya
What does Haya mean?
Haya means: Modesty, a sense of shame before God. The Prophet said haya is a branch of faith (Sahih al-Bukhari and Muslim).
Is Haya 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 Haya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Haya is a girl’s name.
How do you write Haya in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Haya is written حياء.