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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.
Spellings of Haitham
هَيْثَم is one name, written in Latin letters in more than one way. Every spelling below is the same name.
| Spelling | Births in England and Wales, 2025 | Births in France, 2016 to 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Haithamthe spelling used on this page | 15 | 60 |
| Haytham | 23 | 210 |
Babies registered with exactly that spelling. England and Wales: Office for National Statistics, 2025 (the list covers names given to 3 or more babies). France: INSEE Fichier des prénoms, 2016 to 2025 added together (INSEE rounds each yearly count to the nearest 5).
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Boy
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?
- Houdhoud doesn't show a verse for this name. Haitham is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only show 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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