Shahada
given name · Latin script
Meaning: The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed)
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 4 countries
/ʃɑhɑdə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Shahada is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in India.
- INIndia
- MYMalaysia
- SYSyria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed).
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses
(measured from records)Shahada 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 English, Islamic profession of faith
as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
In Filipino, shahada (Islamic declaration of belief)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Swahili, testament, evidence
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
How to address them
(machine-generated)Evidence
(measured from records)8 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 4 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 10 | #95,564 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls | — | 9 | #131,874 |
| IN India | Instate — India surnames by state (real counts) from electoral rolls | — | 6 | #20,739 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shahada mean, and where does it come from?
- The Islamic declaration of belief in the unity of God, one of the five pillars, the formal content of which is the kalima (a minimal Islamic creed). Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Shahada?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɑhɑdə/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Shahada a male or female name?
- Shahada is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: India (India Names Dataset).
- In which country does Shahada have the most bearers?
- Shahada is most frequently recorded in India.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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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.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shahada”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.