Lawan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- LAH-wan
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Lawan is a boys' name, meaning “district head”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Lawan mean?
Hausa and Kanuri title used as a name in northern Nigeria
“district head”
In northern Nigeria lawan is the traditional title of a district or ward head, also used as a personal name.
Is Lawan a girl's or a boy's name?
Lawan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lawan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lawan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 6 boys.
2025 had more boys named Lawan than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Lawan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lawan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
Names like Lawan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Zayan, Ibrahim, Rayyan, Zayd, Yazan, Mustafa, Abdullah, Arham, Azaan
Names related to Lawan
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, “Lawan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lawan, updated 20 October 2026.