Given name & surname · also Turkish
Hatice
Hatice is a feminine given name from Ottoman Turkish, ultimately from Arabic. It is used in Turkish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Hatice comes from Ottoman Turkish, and ultimately from Arabic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Ottoman Turkish خدیجه (Hadîce), from Arabic خَدِيجَة.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hatice through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 72
- 0 boys · 72 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 813 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hatice’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Hatice shares a linguistic root with HATIXHE. In Turkish usage, Hatice has a conventional equivalent in the English form Khadija. In German usage, Hatice has a related form in Khadija.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hatice has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hatice
- Turhan Sultansixth Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1648 to 16831627–1683
- Mahfiruz HatunHaseki Sultan Of Sultan Ahmed I And Mother of Osman ll1590–1620
- Muazzez SultanThird Haseki of Ibrahim I of the Ottoman Empire, mother of Ahmed II1629–1687
- Şükriye SultanOttoman noble (1906–1972)
- Hatice Kübra İlgünTurkish taekwondo athlete (born 1993)
- Hatice AkbaşTurkish boxer (born 2002)
- Hatice AslanTurkish actor (born 1962)
- Hatice SultanOttoman princess, daughter of Murad V1870–1938
- Hatice ŞendilTurkish actor (born 1983)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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