Given name & surname
Hind
“owning a group of camels; a wife of Muhammad”
Hind is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “owning a group of camels; a wife of Muhammad.” Its derivation is not certain.
Original Arabicهند
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “owning a group of camels; a wife of Muhammad.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Arabic, although the derivation remains uncertain.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hind through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 221
- 0 boys · 221 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,555 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,555 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,478 as a first name in 2020; 661 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hind’s family of names
Hind has a related form in Hinde. Hind has a related form in Hynd. Hind has a related form in Hynde.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 6
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hind
- Umm SalamaMuhammad's sixth wife (c. 596 – 667/683)
- Hind bint UtbaWife of Abu Sufyan576–635
- Hind LaroussiMoroccan singerborn 1984
- Hind RajabPalestinian child killed by Israeli military forces2018–2024
- Hind al-HusseiniPalestinian activist (1916–1994)
- Hind DehibaMoroccan and French middle-distance runnerborn 1979
- Hind KabawatSyrian-Canadian politicianborn 1974
- Hind NawfalSyrian writer1860–1920
- Al-HurqahLakhmid-princess and arab poet600–693
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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