Hadiya

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Swahili: 'gift'; Muslim: 'guide to righteousness'

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/hɑdijə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Hadiya is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Pakistan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • YTMayotte≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
  • TZTanzania≈1 in 18K
  • PKPakistan≈1 in 45K

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.

Pakistan (inferred from the name graph)

≈5,200 people, est.

Sources
68 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Mayotte, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Swahili: 'gift'; Muslim: 'guide to righteousness'

Sources 1

  • African Names

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Hadiya 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.

Where Hadiya is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PK Pakistan≈5,200 est.≈1 in 45KlistedHadiya18
TZ Tanzania≈3,200 est.≈1 in 18K1—2
US United States7851 in 424K775Hadiya28
NG Nigeria≈600 est.≈1 in 356KlistedHadiya4
UZ Uzbekistan≈400 est.≈1 in 77Klisted—1
AZ Azerbaijan≈130 est.≈1 in 78K1——
YT Mayotte≈18 est.≈1 in 11K5——

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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (births by department), dpt 976 (Mayotte); INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Hadiya is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Hādiya

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, India, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written H'Adiya, Hadiýa, Hādiya

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Spain

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Hàdiya, Hadïya

  • Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, India, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Hadîya

  • Bangla given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, United States

    Also written Hadia, হাদিয়া, হাদিযা

45 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Hadiya is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Gift

    as a nameThe book of African names

  • In Arabic, gift, present, sing. of Hadaya Loa

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • In Arabic, gift, present; singular of Hadaya

    as a nameA Dictionary of Muslim Names

  • God’s gift.

    as a nameThe African book of names

  • Regalo

    as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

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)

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)

Informalनमस्ते Hadiya जी,Hi Hadiya, (English)

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)

Attested in 50 sources across 32 countries.

Official registers attesting Hadiya
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
TZ TanzaniaINEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results20201#12

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Ismlar.com — Uzbek given-name dictionary (meanings, gender, origin)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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

What does the name Hadiya mean, and where does it come from?
Swahili: 'gift'; Muslim: 'guide to righteousness' Recorded by African Names.
How do you pronounce Hadiya?
A machine transcription gives /hɑdijə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Hadiya a male or female name?
Hadiya is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Hadiya?
In the etymology graph, Hadiye and Hadia are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Hadiya have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 5.2 thousand people named Hadiya in Pakistan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled hadiya.
How common is the name Hadiya?
In the United States, the national register counted 785 people named Hadiya in 2020, about 1 in 424 thousand residents.

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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, “Hadiya”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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