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Dua

Dua: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“prayer; supplication”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
DOO-ah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Dua comes from Arabic duʿāʾ, meaning prayer or invocation. It is used as a given name in Muslim communities.

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How popular is Dua?

202451.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Dua in 2024170

2024 rank#1,339 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,253

Dua is rising: use over the last five years is 4.7× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Dua

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Dua questions

What does the name Dua mean?

Dua means "prayer; supplication". It comes from Arabic. Dua comes from Arabic duʿāʾ, meaning prayer or invocation. It is used as a given name in Muslim communities.

Is Dua a boy or girl name?

Dua is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Dua?

170 US babies were named Dua in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Dua?

Dua is usually pronounced DOO-ah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.