Jihad name meaning

Gender: Unisex, both Boy and Girl
Origin: Arabic
Usage: Arabic, Gujarati, Kannada and Sindhi
Meaning: Holy War, Effort and Islamically Sanctioned War
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What does Jihad mean?

Meaning of Jihad is Spiritual Striving Holy War, Effort or Islamically Sanctioned War is a gender-neutral name. It is rooted from Arabic is used substantially in Sindhi, Kannada, Gujarati and Arabic.

Variants of Jihad

Jehad

Names that rhyme with Jihad

How popular is the name Jihad?

Jihad is a familiar baby name in United States, it has been in use since 1969 and was able to reach the top 2000 names. In 1994, it ranked 1244th when 96 boy were named Jihad.

Over 1906 babies in United States have been named Jihad. Also, in France, it has been in use since 1976 and was able to reach the top 900 names. In 1983, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 867 on boy names chart when 51 babies were named Jihad.

Over 681 people have been named Jihad in France.

Jihad is an uncommon baby name in England and Wales still in use today. Also, it appeared first time in 1996 on baby girl names list of Belgium.

But Jihad is a popular baby name in Syria where every 1 in 300 have the name as well as in, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Yemen, Morocco, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt.

At least, 220000 people globally have been given the name as per our evaluation.

YearBoysGirls
RankBirthsRankBirths
2018396626
2017365129
2016508918
2015376128
2014368728
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Facts

Jihad in Nordic countries

CountriesMen
First NameSecondary Name
Finland530

Numerological aspects of Jihad

People who know you describe you as driven and ambitious. You always care more about other people's well-being and never find time to check how you are doing. There's nothing that you cannot achieve if you focus on it. People don't concern you much, meaning there are only a few people you trust in your life. Others see you as perfect, so start acting so. You are persistent to always get where you indented to.

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Famous people named Jihad

  • Jihad Ballout, public relations specialist
  • Jihad Ahmed Jibril, son of Ahmed Jibril
  • Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers, solo project of American musician Gerald Casale
  • Jihad Azour, Lebanese economist and politician

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