Marwan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- mar-WAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,008 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,363 for boys
Marwan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “flint stone”. In 2025 it ranked 1,008th for boys in the UK (33 babies) and 2,363rd for boys in the US (58 babies).
What does Marwan mean?
Arabic
“flint stone”
Borne by Marwan I, a 7th-century Umayyad caliph; it is linked to the Arabic marw, flint.
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Is Marwan a girl's or a boy's name?
Marwan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 boys in the UK and 58 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marwan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,008th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 9,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 33 boys in the UK were named Marwan, making it the 1,008th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Marwan of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Marwan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 934th in England and Wales.
Marwan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #1,008 |
| 2024 | 29 | #1,085 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 17 | #1,547 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,512 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,573 |
| 2013 | 23 | #1,199 |
| 2012 | 26 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 26 | #1,095 |
| 2010 | 32 | #969 |
| 2009 | 30 | #972 |
| 2008 | 24 | #1,129 |
| 2007 | 21 | #1,205 |
| 2006 | 19 | #1,207 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 21 | #975 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Marwan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,363rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 58 boys in the US were named Marwan, making it the 2,363rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had the most boys named Marwan of any year since it first appeared, in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Marwan in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marwan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,363 |
| 2024 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 43 | #2,917 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2016 | 51 | #2,477 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,621 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,524 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 34 | #2,843 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 18 | #3,452 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 13 | #3,229 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 19 | #2,287 |
| 1974 | 18 | #2,275 |
| 1973 | 13 | #2,714 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Marwan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Mustafa, Ahmed, Hamza, Abdullah, Zayan, Zayaan, Umar, Rayyan, Zayd, Abdulrahman
Names related to Marwan
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Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo
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, “Marwan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marwan, updated 20 October 2026.