Kawther
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning one of the rivers in paradise.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Kawther by the numbers
Kawther was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 6 babies in 2001, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kawther. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a river
Like Kawther, each of these has a river in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Islaisland; from the river Islay1,959 in England and Wales (2025)
- Kendallvalley of the river Kent1,634 in the US (2017)
- Sabrinafrom the River Severn; Romano-British origin732 in the US (2017)
- Loreleimurmuring rock; a Rhine river siren680 in the US (2017)
- Monroemouth of the Roe river; a surname as given name559 in the US (2017)
- Guadaluperiver of the wolf439 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Kawther
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