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هَيْثَم
Haitham
HAY-tham
“Young eagle; young hawk.”
About Haitham
Haitham is a Muslim baby boy's name meaning "young eagle; young hawk" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
Classical Arabic for a young eagle or hawk.
Common across Arab families.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
Also spelled
Haytham
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Haitham is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Haitham before.
- Ibn al-Haytham (965–1040), pioneering scholar of optics and the scientific method
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Haitham
- What does the name Haitham mean?
- Haitham (هَيْثَم) means "Young eagle; young hawk". Classical Arabic for a young eagle or hawk.
- Is Haitham a name from the Qur'an?
- Haitham does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Haitham a boy or a girl name?
- Haitham is traditionally a boy's name.
- Where does the name Haitham come from?
- Haitham is an Arabic name, built on the root letters H-Th-M. Common across Arab families.
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