Hamza (name)

Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh or Humza; Arabic: حمزة‎, standardized transliteration is Ḥamzah) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. The meaning of the name Hamza is "lion”, “steadfast", "strong", and “brave"^{[citation needed]}. It was borne by one of the Prophet Muhammad's uncles, Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, a wrestler and an archer who was renowned for his strength and bravery in battle. His exploits were detailed in the Hamzanama, an adventure epic written in Persian.

Given name[]

• Hamza (rapper), full name Hamza Al-Farissi, Belgian rapper of Moroccan descent
• Hamza Ali Abbasi, Pakistani actor, model, and film director
• Hamza Aboud (born 1984), Lebanese footballer
• Hamza Abdullah, American football safety
• Hamza Abdullahi (1945–2019), Nigerian Air Force air marshal and governor
• Hamza Abu-Ghalia (born 1980), Libyan weightlifter
• Hamza Ali, Bosnian shot putter
• Humza Arshad, British-Pakistani actor, writer, comedian and YouTube personality.
• Hamza Bencherif, footballer
• Hamza Çakir (born 1985), German footballer of Turkish descent
• Hamza Çalışkan (born 1994), Turkish Paralympian para table tennis player
• Hamza El Din, Oud player, composer and ethnomusicologist
• Hamza Dirani, Jordanian racing driver
• Hamzah Fansuri, Sufi poet from Sumatra
• Hamza Hamzaoğlu, former Turkish footballer
• Hamzah Haz, former vice-president of Indonesia
• Prince Hamzah of Jordan, son of the late King Hussein of Jordan
• Hamza Kashgari, Saudi columnist
• Hamza Kastrioti, Ottoman military personnel
• Hamza Koudri, Algerian footballer
• Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, noted Sahābi and uncle of the Prophet Muhammad
• Hamza Namira, Egyptian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
• Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Uzbek poet
• Hamza Ruhezamihigo, Rwandan basketball player
• Hamza Shah Saifuddin, fourth Sultan of Bengal
• Hamzah Shehatta, Saudi poet
• Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler
• Hamza Younés, Tunisian footballer
• Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
• Hamza Choudhury, English Footballer

Surname[]

• Bur’i Mohamed Hamza, Somali politician
• Gamal Hamza, Egyptian footballer
• Khidir Hamza, nuclear technician who worked with Saddam Hussein
• Mauro Hamza, fencing coach
• Muhammad Hamza (1929–2021), Pakistani politician
• Tengku Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet
• Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah, Singaporean criminal and prisoner

Derived names[]

• Abu Hamza

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