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Muhammad Haziq name meaning

“praised; skilful, adept”

Letters
13
Syllables
5
First letter
M
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy
Peak 2000s: 7.2%
of the boy top-10 total
JPN Malay table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadeboy
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s7.2%
2010s2.1%

Malay Names: MMeaning knowledgeArabic origin

Muhammad Haziq is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'praised; skilful, adept'.

What does Muhammad Haziq mean?

Praised; skilful, adept

In Malay: yang terpuji; cekap, mahir

Sources (3)

About the name Muhammad Haziq

The name joins Muhammad, from the Arabic root ḥamida 'to praise', with Haziq, from the Arabic adjective ḥādhiq meaning skilful or adept. Muhammad is a common first element in Malay boys' names and is often shortened to Mohd or Muhd. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2000s with 5,766 baby boys.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
SyllablesMu-ham-mad Ha-ziq
PartsMuhammad + Haziq
First letterMalay Names starting with M

Muhammad Haziq in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
Boy: 5,766 · 7.2%
2010s
Boy: 1,047 · 2.1%
People registered with Muhammad Haziq as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Malay table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Sources

  1. Behind the Name: Muhammad · behindthename.com · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: حاذق · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names: حاذق · arabiclexicon.hawramani.com · meaning

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