Arwaa
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arwaa by the numbers
In 2025, 8 babies in England and Wales were named Arwaa. In the US, 8 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Arwaa
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arwaa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Arwafemale mountain goat or ibex133 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryaanoble; a form of Arya6 in the US (2017)
- Arwahsouls or spirits5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arianavery holy; form of Ariadne3,870 in the US (2017)
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aryananoble or honorable; a form of Ariana206 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Arwaa
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