Ḥamzah
حمزة
Say it HAM-zah
A sharp-tasting herb
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- ḥ-m-z
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- The Companions
- Also spelled
- Hamza, Hamzah, Hamzeh
Meaning & source
A sharp-tasting herb; Lisān says the man’s name was taken from it. Ibn al-Sikkīt links it to ḥamz, firmness and resolve.
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وحَمْزَةُ: بَقْلة، وَبِهَا سُمِّيَ الرَّجُلُ وكُنيَ.
Who carried this name
- Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, the Prophet’s uncle Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, al-Iṣābah fī Tamyīz al-Ṣaḥābah, no. 1831 (vol. 2, p. 105)