Hamza

Arabic

"lion or strong"

Hamza Origin and Meaning

The name Hamza is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning "lion or strong".

Hamza was the legendary uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, hero of The Hamzanama, the Story of Hamza.

Hamza Rank in US Top 1000

# 556 in the US

Hamza Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1734 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Hamza

• 556 US 2023
• 1734 Nameberry 2025
• 439 Future 2028
• 171 England 2023
• 96 Germany 2024
• 155 Netherlands 2015
• 100 Belgium 2022
• 200 Switzerland 2023
• 86 Slovenia 2022
• 17 Turkey 2023
• 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2023

20 Names Similar to Hamza

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Hamza.

• Lyon
• Marx
• Costello
• Uri
• Carmine
• Manu
• Osman
• Leviticus
• Zoltan
• Zed
• Vito
• Timon
• Nino
• Leone
• Timo
• Nikita
• Shalom
• Jiro
• Santos
• Falkner

Famous People Named Hamza

• Hamza Abbasi Pakistani actor, model, and director
• Hamza Alic Bosnian shot putter (2008 Olympics)
• Hamza Bin Laden son of Osama Bin Laden
• Hamza Cakir Turkish,German footballer
• Hamza El Din (1929 2006), Egyptian composer, oud player & vocalist
• Hamza Dirani Jordanian race car & kart racing driver
• Hamza Hamzaoglu Turkish football manager & former player
• Hamza Hatoum Contestant on Big Brother Canada 6
• Hamza ibn 'Abdul Muttalib, paternal uncle of the Prophet Muhammad
• Hamza Koudri Algerian footballer
• Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889 1929), Soviet & Uzbek author & poet
• Hamza Yerlikaya Turkish wrestler (1996 & 2000 Olympic Champion)
• Hamza Younes Tunisian footballer

The name Hamza in Pop Culture

• Hamza a letter in the Arabic alphabet
• Hamza River unofficial name of Brazilian river
• Hamza Stone black antic rock at the Giresun Adasi (Turkey)