Hajra

Hajra is a girl's baby name of Arabic origin, the Urdu and South Asian form of Hajar (Hagar), from the Arabic Hājar, possibly from the Hebrew Hagar (stranger, immigrant), meaning 'stranger' or 'emigrant' — the name of the Egyptian woman who was the mother of Ishmael and whose running between two hills in Mecca is commemorated in the Hajj pilgrimage.

With over 282 recorded births, Hajra is used in Pakistani and South Asian Muslim communities. Hajar/Hajra's act of running desperately between the hills of Safa and Marwa in search of water for her infant son Ishmael — and the miraculous spring of Zamzam that emerged — is commemorated every year by millions of Muslim pilgrims performing the Hajj. Her story is one of survival, faith, and the power of a mother's love. A name of deep Islamic devotional significance.