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هِنْد
Hind
HIND
“An ancient Arabian name.”
About Hind
Hind is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "an ancient arabian name" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
One of the oldest Arabian women's names, attested long before Islam; its lexical meaning is not established and this entry does not guess at it. Borne by Hind bint Utba, mother of the caliph Mu'awiya.
Common in Egypt (Hend), Saudi Arabia, and Morocco.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Hend, Hinda
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 Hind is one such word.
Across history
Who has carried Hind before.
- Hind bint Utba (7th century CE), mother of the Umayyad caliph Mu'awiya
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Hind
- What does the name Hind mean?
- Hind (هِنْد) means "An ancient Arabian name". One of the oldest Arabian women's names, attested long before Islam; its lexical meaning is not established and this entry does not guess at it. Borne by Hind bint Utba, mother of the caliph Mu'awiya.
- Is Hind a name from the Qur'an?
- Hind 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 Hind a boy or a girl name?
- Hind is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Hind come from?
- Hind is an Arabic name, built on the root letters —. Common in Egypt (Hend), Saudi Arabia, and Morocco.
- How is Hind spelled?
- Hind is the most common English spelling. The same Arabic name (هِنْد) is also written Hend and Hinda. They are one name, not different names — the spelling only reflects how each family or country transliterates the Arabic.
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