Wajiha is from the Arabic وجيهة (Wajīhah — eminent, dignified, of high rank) — foundational from Arabic wajh (face/presence). A modern American baby name in the broader Arabic-Muslim heritage aesthetic. Wajiha is one of the foundational Arabic feminine names — central to traditional Muslim heritage. The foundational Arabic wajh (face/presence) is foundational central to foundational Islamic + Arabic dignity-naming heritage + foundational wujahā' (foundational notable persons + dignitaries) + foundational wajh-Allah (face of God — foundational central Quranic theological concept) + foundational mentioned in foundational Quran 2:115 (To Allah belongs the East and the West. So wherever you turn, there is the wajh of Allah) + foundational central to foundational Islamic theological + Sufi mystical heritage. Notable bearer: Princess Wajiha of foundational Hyderabad State (foundational Nizam of Hyderabad royal heritage); foundational Wajiha al-Huwaidar (born 1962) — foundational pioneering foundational Saudi women's rights activist + foundational We the Women organization founder + foundational pioneering Saudi Arabia women's driving rights movement + foundational Time 100 Most Influential People 2008 + foundational pan-Arab feminist heritage. Foundational Arabic feminine name reflecting Arab dignity heritage.
Featured throughout Arabic heritage.
Wajiha reduces to four.