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وِجْدَان
Wijdan
wij-DAAN
“Deep feeling; conscience.”
About Wijdan
Wijdan is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "deep feeling; conscience" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root و-ج-د meaning 'to find, to feel'. Refers to inner sentiment and the seat of intuition.
Used across the Levant and Iraq.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Wedjan
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 Wijdan is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Wijdan
- What does the name Wijdan mean?
- Wijdan (وِجْدَان) means "Deep feeling; conscience". From the Arabic root و-ج-د meaning 'to find, to feel'. Refers to inner sentiment and the seat of intuition.
- Is Wijdan a name from the Qur'an?
- Wijdan 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 Wijdan a boy or a girl name?
- Wijdan is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Wijdan come from?
- Wijdan is an Arabic name, built on the root letters W-J-D. Used across the Levant and Iraq.
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