Aws
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- OWS
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Aws is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “wolf; gift”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Aws mean?
Arabic
“wolf; gift”
The Aws were one of the two Arab tribes of Medina who welcomed the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Aws a girl's or a boy's name?
Aws is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aws in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 76% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Aws, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th.
2025 had the most boys named Aws of any year since it first appeared, in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Aws in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were given Aws or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,108, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
- Aws 16
- Aous 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Aws in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
How popular is Aws in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Aws, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Aws in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aws in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
Names like Aws
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Arham Muhammad Zayaan Zayan Zayn Azaan Musa Abdullah Amir Hamza Umar
Other spellings of Aws
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aws: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aws, updated 20 October 2026.