A Name Story by Houdhoud
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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