Ghada () is a feminine given

name A name is a term used for identification by an external observer. They can identify a class or category of things, or a single thing, either uniquely, or within a given context. The entity identified by a name is called its referent. A person ...

of Arabic origin, is used mostly in Arabic speaking countries, but also in a few other countries and languages of the world. In

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

, it refers to women who are attractive,

graceful Gracefulness, or being graceful, is the physical characteristic of displaying "pretty agility", in the form of elegant movement, poise, or balance. The etymological root of ''grace'' is the Latin word ''gratia'' from ''gratus'', meaning pleasing ...

and

active Active may refer to: Music * ''Active'' (album), a 1992 album by Casiopea * "Active" (song), a 2024 song by Asake and Travis Scott from Asake's album ''Lungu Boy'' * Active Records, a record label Ships * ''Active'' (ship), several com ...

, tender and enchanting, giving and enlightening. It may also refer to a small tree: ''

Haloxylon persicum ''Haloxylon persicum'', the white saxaul, is a small tree belonging to the family Amaranthaceae. Its range is Western Asia, including the Palestine region, Egypt, Sinai, Israel, South Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Oman, UAE, Afghanistan, Pakistan, C ...

''.

List

Notable people with the name include: * Ghada Abdel Aal (born 1978), Egyptian author *

Ghada Adel Ghada Adel Ibrahim (, born 25 December 1974) is an Egyptian actress and television presenter. Early life She was born in Benghazi, Libya, to an Egyptian working family. Her Egyptian mother was also the half-sister of the retired actress Sham ...

(born 1974), Egyptian actress *

Ghada Ali Ghada Ali (; born May 5, 1989) is a Libyan sprinter, who specialized in the 400 metres. Ghada Ali represented Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (now Libya) at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 400 metres. She ran in th ...

(born 1989), Libyan athlete *

Ghada Amer Ghada Amer (; May 22, 1963, in Cairo, Egypt) is a contemporary artist, much of her work deals with issues of gender and sexuality. Her most notable body of work involves highly layered embroidered paintings of women's bodies referencing pornograp ...

(born 1963), Egyptian contemporary artist living and working in New York City * Ghada Aoun (born 1957), Lebanese judge * Ghada Chreim Ata (born 1968), Lebanese politician * Ghada Ayadi (born 1992), Tunisian football player * Ghada Hassine (born 1993), Tunisian weightlifter *

Ghada Jamal (artist) Ghada Jamal (born 1955) is an abstract artist born in Beirut, Lebanon. Jamal studied Fine Arts at the Lebanese American University (LAU), where she graduated in 1984. She then relocated to California to pursue a Master's degree from California Sta ...

(born 1955), Lebanese abstract artist *Ghada Jamal (presenter), Libyan television hostess *

Ghada Jamshir Ghada Jamshir () is a Bahraini women's rights activist and an ardent campaigner for the reform of Sharia courts in Bahrain and the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. Jamshir heads the Women's Petition Committee lobbying for a law that would shift ju ...

, Bahraini women's rights activist and campaigner for the reform of Sharia courts in Bahrain and the

Arab States of the Persian Gulf The Arab states of the Persian Gulf, also known as the Gulf Arab states (), refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf. There are seven member states of the Arab League in the region: Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi ...

Ghada Karmi Ghada Karmi (; born 1939) is a Palestinian-born academic, physician and author. She has written on Palestinian issues in newspapers and magazines, including ''The Guardian'', ''The Nation'' and '' Journal of Palestine Studies''. Early life and e ...

(born 1939), Palestinian doctor of medicine, author and academic *

Ghada Owais Ghada Karam Owais, also spelled Ghada Oueiss, is a Lebanese journalist for Al Jazeera. She was born on November 6, 1977, and attended the Lebanese University, graduating in 1999. Owais joined Al Jazeera in 2006. She speaks Arabic and English. Bi ...

(born 1977), Lebanese journalist *

Ghada Abdel Razek Ghada Mohammed Abdel Razek (; born 1965) is an Egyptian actress, she began her career in 1997. She acted in many TV series and movies, and won many awards. Early life Abdel Razek was born in Kafr Saqr, Sharqia Governorate in 1970. She is the you ...

(born 1965), Egyptian actress *

Ghada al-Samman Ghadah Al-Samman (; born 1942) is a Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus in 1942 to a prominent and conservative Damascene family. Her father was Ahmed Al-Samman, a president of the University of Damascus. She is distantly rel ...

(born 1942), Arab Syrian writer, journalist and novelist born in Damascus *

Ghada Shouaa Ghada Shouaa (; born September 10, 1972) is a retired Syrian heptathlete. At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won her country's first and only Olympic gold medal. She was also a World and Asian heptathlon champion. She is considered one of the bes ...

(born 1972), Syrian former heptathlete *

Ghada Waly Ghada Fathi Waly (born 1965) is an Egypt, Egyptian politician, formerly serving as Egypt's Minister of Social Solidarity and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) betwe ...

(born 1965), Egyptian politician

References

{{given name Arabic-language feminine given names Feminine given names Lebanese feminine given names Egyptian feminine given names