Given name & surname
Najat
“saved”
Najat is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Najat through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 0 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −71%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 12 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,322 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.
Najat’s family of names
Najat may belong to the same name family as NAJATT. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Najat
- Najat Vallaud-BelkacemFrench-Moroccan politicianborn 1977
- Najat El HachmiMoroccan-Spanish writerborn 1979
- Nagat El-SagheeraEgyptian singer and actressborn 1938
- Najat AatabouMoroccan singer, songwriter and composerborn 1960
- Najat A. SalibaLebanese analytical chemistborn 2000
- Najat KaanacheChef, Spanish Actressborn 1978
- Najat BadriMoroccan association football playerborn 1988
- Najat Maalla M'jidMoroccan pediatrician, United Nations Special Representativeborn 1901
- Najat El GaraaParalympic athlete of Moroccoborn 1982
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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