Arwa, name meaning in Islam

Arwa (أَرْوَى) is an Arabic name for girls. It means Mountain goat (female ibex).

Meaning and root

In Arabic, words are built from a root of usually three letters. Arwa comes from the root ر و ي, and words from the same root share its core meaning. Similar names from the same family of words are listed below.

Is Arwa in the Quran?

No. Arwa is not a word in the Quran. A name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good. The Prophet ﷺ changed names with bad meanings and kept names with good ones.¹

How to say and write Arwa

Say it AR-waa. The capital letters show the stressed part. In English it is also spelled Arwaa. In Arabic it is written with 4 letters, from right to left: أ alif with hamza + ر ra + و waw + ى alif maqsura.

Choosing Arwa

Many parents choose Arwa to name their child after someone from the early generations of Islam, hoping the child will grow up with the same qualities. With the father's name it becomes Arwa bint (and the father's name): see what bin, bint and abu mean.

Famous people named Arwa

• Arwa bint Abd al-Muttalib, aunt of the Prophet ﷺ
• Arwa al-Sulayhi, queen of Yemen in the 11th century

Names like Arwa

• Maha
• Reema
• Safiyyah

1. Sahih Muslim 2139, the Prophet ﷺ changing a name with a bad meaning.
2. Sahih Muslim 2315.
3. Sahih Muslim 2132.
4. Meanings follow classical Arabic usage and the standard name dictionaries; our teachers will check each one.

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