Doa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- doo-AH
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
Doa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “prayer, supplication”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies).
What does Doa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Doaa; Egyptian-style spelling of Arabic dua
“prayer, supplication”
From the Arabic word duʿāʾ, meaning a prayer or personal supplication to God.
Meaning borrowed from Doaa.
Is Doa a girl's or a boy's name?
Doa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Doa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Doa, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Doa of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Doa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
Names like Doa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira, Aoibheann, Caoimhe, Teagan, Eireann, Caragh, Raegan, Dua, Eira, Cassidy, Eden, Kiara
Names related to Doa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Doa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/doa, updated 20 October 2026.