Arwa

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Arwa is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name3.5K records spelled Arwa5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Argentina, United States, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ârwã, Äřwą, Ãrwâ

• a separate given name383 records spelled Arwa3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Iraq, Tunisia

  Also written Arwā, Arwá

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Arwa is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, weibl. Vom. arabischen Ursprungs (arab. arwa [Plural] »Bergziegen«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• To water, irrigate

  as a name·Dictionary of Islamic Names

• In Filipino, coils of the intestine

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 47 years between 1975–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arwa bint Mansur al-Himyarib. 735TNwife of caliph al-Mansur
• Arwa bint Ahmadb. 1048YEYemeni queen and ruler (c. 1048–1138)
• Arwa Salehb. 1951EGEgyptian communist and feminist
• Arwa Mahdawib. 1980USBritish journalist
• Arwa Goudab. 1981EGEgyptian actress
• Umm JamilSAnot in their usual namewife of Abu Lahab
• Arwa bint KurayzSACompanion of Muhammad and Uthman's mother
• Arwa bint Abd al-MuttalibSApoet and aunt of Muhammad
• Arwa bint al-Harithcousin of the prophet Muhammad
• Arwa bint AlmuqawimUSSahabiya and cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 193 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arwa?

We estimate roughly 4.1 thousand people bear Arwa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Arwa have the most bearers?

Arwa is most frequently recorded in Egypt, where it is most often spelled arwa.

How common is Arwa compared with other names?

In Egypt, Arwa is the 730th most common given name of 72,792 given names recorded there.

Is Arwa a male or female name?

Arwa is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Arwa mean?

Recorded meaning: Female name; Arwa bint Ahmad bin Ja‘far is mentioned.