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هِبَة

Hiba

HI-bah

Gift.”

About Hiba

Hiba is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "gift" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

From the Arabic root و-ه-ب meaning 'to give freely'. Refers to a gift, especially a divine one.

Origin & roots

Origin

Arabic

Gender

Girl

Also spelled

Hibah

Root letters

و ه بW-H-B

In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Hiba is one such word.

How to say it

HI·bah

Stressed syllable in capitals

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Hiba: Meaning, Pronunciation, and Origin · Houdhoud