Hajra ( ar, هاجره) is a female given name. The origin of the name is Arabic 'هاجر' (Hajar). It is one of the spellings of Hagar, the second wife of Prophet

Ibrahim Ibrahim ( ar, إبراهيم, links=no ') is the Arabic name for Abraham, a Biblical patriarch and prophet in Islam. For the Islamic view of Ibrahim, see Abraham in Islam. Ibrahim may also refer to: * Ibrahim (name), a name (and list of people ...

(Abrahim) who bore Ibraham's first son Ismail. Although the origins of this name mean sunlight, this name is the basis for

Hajj The Hajj (; ar, حَجّ '; sometimes also spelled Hadj, Hadji or Haj in English) is an annual Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the holiest city for Muslims. Hajj is a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried ...

, the (annual) pilgrimage to Mecca performed by

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

s."Guide to going to Mecca"
BBC. Retrieved August 8, 2010. This is a common female first name used in the context of the

South Asian diaspora. Notable people with the name include: *

Hajrah Begum Hajrah Begum (1910-2003) was an Indian politician, a leader of the Communist Party of India and the former General Secretary National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW) from 1954 to 1962 . Hajra Begum was born into a wealthy family in 1910. She ...

, Indian politician * Hajra Khan (actress), Pakistani actress *

Hajra Khan (footballer) Hajra Khan ( ur, ) (born 29 December 1993) is a Pakistani footballer who is the captain of the Pakistan women's national football team. She plays as a striker or midfielder. She became part of Pakistan national team in 2009 which she led as a cap ...

, Pakistani footballer *

Hajra Masroor Hajra Masroor ( ur, ; born 17 January 1930, died 15 September 2012) was a Pakistani writer. Masroor established herself with her short fiction stories, known as afsana in Urdu literature. Her elder sister, Khadija Mastoor was also an acc ...

, Pakistani feminist writer *

Hajra Waheed Hajra Waheed is a Montréal-based artist. Her multimedia practice includes works on paper, collage, sound, video, sculpture and installation. Waheed uses news accounts, extensive research and personal histories to critically examine multiple issu ...

, Canadian artist * Hajra Yamin, Pakistani actress

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