Khadija

Khadija — خديجة — is one of the great names of Islamic tradition, belonging to the first wife of the Prophet Muhammad, a widowed Meccan merchant who employed him, proposed to him, and became the first person to accept his revelation. She is revered as the Mother of the Believers, and her name has been carried with devotion for fourteen centuries across the Muslim world. Three syllables, a soft guttural kh at the opening that Western ears often smooth to a hard K. Common across the Arab world, West Africa, and the South Asian diaspora. Khadija feels enterprising and wise, a name of quiet, foundational strength.