Haji Family History

Muslim: from ḥajjī ‘hadji’ an Arabic title denoting someone who has undertaken the hadj from ḥajj ‘the pilgrimage to Mecca (enjoined on all Muslims as the fifth pillar of Islam)’. See also Haj.

Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic ḥajjī ‘hadji’ (see 1 above). Somali: from a Somali Muslim personal name of Arabic origin (see 2 above).

It is also found in Ethiopia. — Note: Since Somalis traditionally do not have hereditary surnames this name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.