Khady is from the Senegalese-Wolof rendition of Khadija — from the Arabic Khadījah (premature child, early dawn). A modern American baby name in the broader West African heritage aesthetic. Khady is one of the foundational Senegalese + Malian + Gambian feminine names — central to traditional West African Muslim heritage + foundational devotion to Khadija bint Khuwaylid (c. 555-619 CE, the foundational first wife of Prophet Muhammad + foundational first convert to Islam + foundational Mother of the Believers). Notable bearer: Khady Sylla (1963-2013) — foundational Senegalese filmmaker + author + member of the Caravane Cinéma Sénégal + director of the foundational Le Monologue de la Muette (The Silent Monologue, 2008) — central to the foundational Senegalese postcolonial cinema heritage. Also widely known: Khady Diène Gaye — Senegalese Minister of Youth.
Featured throughout West African heritage.
Khady reduces to nine.