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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
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
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Hiba
- What does the name Hiba mean?
- Hiba (هِبَة) means "Gift". From the Arabic root و-ه-ب meaning 'to give freely'. Refers to a gift, especially a divine one.
- Is Hiba a name from the Qur'an?
- Hiba 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 Hiba a boy or a girl name?
- Hiba is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Hiba come from?
- Hiba is an Arabic name, built on the root letters W-H-B.
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