The Morning Psalm
Girl's name

Hagar

Flight; stranger

Origin HebrewSay HAY-gar

Hagar was Sarah's Egyptian servant who, mistreated and alone in the wilderness, encountered God and gave him a tender name: Thou God seest me. God heard her distress and cared for her and her son Ishmael.

Striking and meaningful, Hagar is remembered for meeting the God who sees the overlooked.

Variants & nicknames

Hagir

Hagar in the Bible

And she called the name of the LORD that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
Genesis 16:13, KJV