Malay Names · Boy
Hamsah name meaning
“lion”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- H
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptحمزة
Hamsah is a boy's name from Arabic, a variant spelling of Hamzah, whose word carries the rare older sense 'lion'.
What does Hamsah mean?
About the name Hamsah
Hamsah is a Malay spelling of Hamzah, the name of the Companion Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib. The Arabic word ḥamza also has an obsolete, rare sense 'lion'. The spelling differs from Hamzah in its fifth letter.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Syllables | Ham-sah |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with H |
| Arabic script | حمزة |
|---|
Sources
- Wiktionary: حمزة · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
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