Marwa

Marwa: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“hard stone; white quartz”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
MAR-wah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Arabic name associated with al-Marwah, one of the two hills of Sa'i in Mecca. The word traditionally refers to a hard stone, often glossed as white quartz or flint.

How popular is Marwa?

202433.0 per million US babies
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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 Marwa in 2024111

2024 rank#1,813 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18802,313

Marwa has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Marwa

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

Marwa questions

What does the name Marwa mean?

Marwa means "hard stone; white quartz". It comes from Arabic. Arabic name associated with al-Marwah, one of the two hills of Sa'i in Mecca. The word traditionally refers to a hard stone, often glossed as white quartz or flint.

Is Marwa a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Marwa?

111 US babies were named Marwa in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Marwa?

Marwa is usually pronounced MAR-wah.

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.