Hatice
Hatice is an Arabic-origin Turkish feminine given name and Turkish variant of Khadija. It means trust worthy, highly respected and early born baby girl.
- Turkish
Meaning & Origin of Hatice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hatice is an Arabic-origin Turkish feminine given name and Turkish variant of Khadija. It means trust worthy, highly respected and early born baby girl.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Turkish
The Story of Hatice
American parents first put Hatice on the record books as a baby girl name in 1997, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2012, when 9 Hatices were born — ranking #11,255 that year. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 63% of all recorded Hatices. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2016 (8 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 72 Hatices have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hatice
Hatice is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 72 births in the dataset. Hatice's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #11,255. Use the chart and map above to compare Hatice's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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