Khadijah

Where Khadijah comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Khadijah.

Khadijah through the years
  1. 1962
    First appearance
    #6,578 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1988
    Khadijah Rushdan born
    American basketball player
  3. 1989
    Khadijah Blell born
    Nigerian singer
  4. 1993
    Around this time: Living Single
    TV, 1993 · Source
  5. 1994
    Peak, #184
    1,615 babies named Khadijah, the most in any year.
  6. 1995
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #541.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Khadijah Blell · Nigerian singer, born 1989
  • Khadijah Rushdan · American basketball player, born 1988

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.