Bajala (Name)

Bajala (transliteration: Bajāla, Arabic: بجالة) is an Arabic name for boys that means “honor”, “greatness”, to be respected and honored as a chief or lord.¹ It also means “gravitas”, “venerability”, the fact of an old man commanding respect and honor by their character.²

There is one Companion of the Prophet Muhammad named Bajala:

• Bajalah bin Ubaidah al-Tamimi al-Anbari بجالة بن عبيدة التميمي العنبري

Below is the name Bajala written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Bajala written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Ibn Manẓūr, Lisān al-ʿArab (d. 1311 CE), بجل.
2. Al-Ṣāḥib bin ʿAbbād, Al-Muḥīṭ fī l-Lugha (d. c. 995 CE), بجل.