Bahjat
given name · Latin script
Meaning: (bahjaat): splendours, pl
A male name· listed as male by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 17 countries
/bɑdʒt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bahjat is a male given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Jordan than in any other country.
- SYSyria≈1 in 39K(inferred from the name graph)
- JOJordan≈1 in 18K
- SESweden1 in 66K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Jordan (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 64 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 18K (inferred from the name graph)
≈610 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Jordan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)(bahjaat): splendours, pl. of Bahjah aags. See Bahja (Ee
Cited for this meaning 1
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Bahjat counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JO Jordan | ≈610 est. | ≈1 in 18K | — | Bahjat | 32 |
| SY Syria | ≈500 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Bahjat | 18 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈320 est. | ≈1 in 108K | listed | Bahjat | 27 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | listed | — | 6 |
| EG Egypt | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 584K | listed | Bahjat | 19 |
| SE Sweden | 155 | 1 in 66K | 155 | — | 9 |
| LB Lebanon | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Bahjat | 21 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Bahjat is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Arabic, splendour, magnificence, pomp, joy, happiness
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
In Arabic, splendours; delight, joy
as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names
Gladness,
as a nameDictionary of Islamic Names
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Bahgat Osmanb. 1931EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian cartoonist and illustrator, most widely known as for his political cartoons and children's book illustrations throughout most of the Arab world. (1931–2001)
- Bahgat Koranyb. 1939EGnot in their usual namepolitical scientist
- Bahget Iskanderb. 1943HUnot in their usual nameHungarian cinematographer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)22 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 17 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 43 | #14,119 |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name Bahjat come from?
- (bahjaat): splendours, pl. of Bahjah aags. See Bahja (Ee Recorded by A Dictionary of Muslim Names.
- How do you pronounce Bahjat?
- A machine transcription gives /bɑdʒt/ (IPA) for Arabic.
- Is Bahjat a male or female name?
- Bahjat is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- What does the name Bahjat mean?
- Recorded meaning: (bahjaat): splendours, pl.
- In which country does Bahjat have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 606 people named Bahjat in Jordan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bahjat.
- How common is the name Bahjat?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 155 people named Bahjat, about 1 in 66 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bahjatThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bahjat”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.