Shujāʿ
شُجاع
Say it shu-JAA
Brave, bold-hearted
At a glance
- Gender
- Boy
- Arabic root
- sh-j-ʿ
- Origin
- Arabic
- Found in
- Classical Arabic names
- Also spelled
- Shuja, Shujaa, Shuja’
Meaning & source
Brave: shajāʿah is “firmness of heart in battle”. Lisān notes the word is not used of a woman.
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والشَّجاعةُ: شِدّةُ القَلْبِ فِي البأْس
Who carried this name
We have not recorded an early bearer of this name. The word is classical Arabic.