A Name Story by Houdhoud
دِيهيَا
Dihya
DEE-hyaa
“The beautiful (Berber queen).”
About Dihya
Dihya is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "the beautiful (berber queen)" — a Berber name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Tamazight name borne by Dihya (also called al-Kahina), the 7th-century Berber queen who led resistance against the Umayyad expansion into the Maghreb.
A symbol of Amazigh identity in Algeria and Tunisia.
Origin & roots
Origin
Berber
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Damya, Kahina
Root letters
Across the Maghreb, Berber and Arabic naming traditions have braided for over a millennium. Dihya sits in that overlap.
Across history
Who has carried Dihya before.
- Dihya / al-Kahina (7th c.), Berber queen of the Aurès
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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