Hajira is from the Arabic هاجرة (Hājirah — one who migrates, emigrant) — foundational from Arabic hijra (migration) + foundational Arabic form of foundational Hagar. A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic-Muslim heritage aesthetic. Hajira is one of the foundational Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. The foundational name connects to foundational Hajar / Hagar — foundational central matriarch in foundational Islamic + Jewish + Christian heritage + foundational Egyptian handmaid of foundational Sarah + foundational wife of foundational Ibrahim / Abraham + foundational mother of foundational Ismail / Ishmael (foundational ancestor of foundational Arab peoples) + foundational famous for foundational running between Safa and Marwa hills seven times foundational searching for water for foundational baby Ishmael in foundational Mecca desert + foundational miraculous spring of foundational Zamzam gushed forth + foundational central to foundational Hajj Sa'i ritual foundational Islamic pillar + foundational ~2.5 million annual pilgrims foundational reenacting Hagar's run + foundational central to foundational Genesis 16-21 (Hebrew Bible) + foundational pan-Abrahamic matriarchal heritage; foundational also foundational Hijra foundational Prophet Muhammad's 622 CE migration from Mecca to Medina + foundational Islamic calendar starting point. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting Islamic foundational heritage.
Featured throughout Arabic heritage.
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Hajira reduces to nine.