# Hamza (name)

Hamza (also spelled as Hamzah, Hamsah, Hamzeh, Humza, Khamzat or Hamëz; Arabic: حَمْزَة, romanized: Ḥamzah) is an Arabic masculine given name in the Muslim world. It means lion, strong, and steadfast. It was borne by one of the Islamic 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 Jashari, Albanian guerrilla fighter.
* Khamzat Chimaev, Chechen mixed martial artist
* 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 al-Ghamdi (1980-2001), Saudi hijacker of United Airlines Flight 175
* Hamza al-Khateeb (1997-2011), Syrian child tortured to death by Syrian government
* Humza Arshad, British-Pakistani actor, writer, comedian and YouTube personality
* Hamza Abdi Barre (born 1972), prime minister of Somalia
* Hamza Bencherif, footballer
* Hamza Çakir (born 1985), German footballer of Turkish descent
* Hamza Çalışkan (born 1994), Turkish Paralympian para table tennis player
* Hamza Dair (born 2002), Moroccan sprinter
* Hamza Demir (born 1956), Swedish politician
* Hamza El Din, Oud player, composer and ethnomusicologist
* Hamza Dirani, Jordanian racing driver
* Hamzah Fansuri, Sufi poet from Sumatra
* Hamza Hamzaoğlu, former Turkish footballer and football manager
* 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 al-Kateab, Syrian doctor, activist, and public health advocate
* Hamza Koudri, Algerian footballer
* Hamza ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib, noted Sahābi and uncle of Muhammad
* Hamza Namira, Egyptian singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist
* Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Uzbek poet
* Hamza Ruhezamihigo, Rwandan basketball player
* Hamza Sakhi, Moroccan football player
* Hamza Shah Saifuddin, fourth Sultan of Bengal
* Hamzah Shehatta, Saudi poet
* Hamza Yassin, Sudanese-born British TV presenter
* Hamza Yerlikaya, Turkish Graeco-Roman style wrestler
* Hamza Younés, Tunisian footballer
* Humza Yousaf, Scottish politician
* Hamza Choudhury, English footballer
* Hamzah Zainudin, Malaysian politician

## Surname

* Amiruddin Hamzah, Malaysian politician
* Bur’i Mohamed Hamza, Somali politician
* Fuad Hamza, Saudi Arabian government official
* Gamal Hamza, Egyptian footballer
* Khidir Hamza, nuclear technician who worked with Saddam Hussein
* Mauro Hamza (born 1965 or 1966), Egyptian fencing coach
* Mir Hamza (born 1992), a Pakistani cricketer
* Muhammad Hamza (1929–2021), Pakistani politician
* Obaidullah Hamzah (born 1972), Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
* Tengku Amir Hamzah, Indonesian poet
* Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah, Malaysian politician
* Zubayr Hamza (born 1995), a South African cricketer
* Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah, Singaporean criminal and prisoner

## Derived names

* Abu Hamza