Sawdah
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning dark or swarthy.
Sawdah by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Sawdah. In the US, 5 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5 babies in 2009, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Sawdah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Sawdadark or black; feminine form5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sarahprincess3,986 in the US (2017)
- Sariahprincess; a modern respelling of Sarah370 in the US (2017)
- Samiahelevated; lofty; sublime52 in the US (2017)
- Saarahprincess; variant spelling of Sarah31 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saidafortunate or happy one25 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Sawdah
Names that are said the same way as Sawdah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean darkness
Like Sawdah, each of these has darkness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Blakedark or pale3,782 in the US (2017)
- Melaniedark, black3,232 in the US (2017)
- Leilanight, dark beauty1,400 in the US (2017)
- Delaneydark challenger; descendant of Dubhshláine1,270 in the US (2017)
- Blakelydark or pale meadow; a place name used as personal name1,244 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Sawdah
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