Hafsa (name)
| Gender | female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Arabic |
| Meaning | young lioness |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Hafza, Hafiza |
Hafsa, very often confused with Hafza and Hafiza, but all three of them are different names. Hafsa is an Arabic female given name. It means "young lioness".[1]
People
- Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and wife of Muhammad.
- Hafsa Bint al-Hajj al-Rukuniyya (d. 1190/91), Andalusian poet.
- Hafsa Hatun Sultan (1479-1534), Ottoman Sultan Selim I's wife and the mother of Süleyman the Magnificent.
- Hafsa Bikri, Iraqi-Moroccan poet.
- Hafsa Şeyda Burucu (born 1991), Turkish karateka.
- Hafsat Abiola (b. 1974), a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist.
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