Hafsa (name)

Hafsa or Hafsah (حفصة; which is very often confused with Hafza and Hafiza, but all three of them are different names) is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Hafsa, the fourth wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and daughter of second Muslim caliph Umar. It is a popular name among Sunni Muslims.

People

 * Hafsat Abiola (b. 1974), a Nigerian human rights, civil rights and democracy activist
 * Hafsa Bekri (Hafsa Bekri-Lamrani), Iraqi-Moroccan poet
 * Hafsa Bint al-Hajj al-Rukuniyya (d. 1190/91), Andalusian poet
 * Hafsa bint Umar, daughter of Umar ibn al-Khattab and wife of Muhammad
 * Hafsa Sultan (d. 1534), Ottoman Sultan Selim I's consort and the mother of Süleyman the Magnificent
 * Hafsa Sultan (d. 1538), Ottoman Sultan Selim I's daughter
 * Hafsa Hatun, Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I's consort
 * Hafsa Şeyda Burucu (born 1991), Turkish karate champion
 * Hafsa Bint Sirin  (b.651 – d.719), female scholar of Islam and sister of Muhammad ibn Sirin