# Habib

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #33,669

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name.

## Etymology
From Arabic حبيب (“beloved”).

## Easily confused with
- **hai** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hai)
- **hair** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hair)
- **hail** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hail)
- **Hari** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hari)
- **Habs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-habs)
- **hain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hain)
- **Haig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-haig)
- **Haji** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-haji)
- **habit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-habit)
- **Hamid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hamid)
- **hakim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hakim)
- **hafiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-hafiz)
- **habits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-habits)
- **Harbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/habib-vs-harbin)
- **Haber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/haber-vs-habib)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ahbib`, `habbi`, `habbib`, `habibb`, `haibb`, `hbaib`, `hhabib`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/habib