Mawaddah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-WAH-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Mawaddah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “love, affection”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Mawaddah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mawada; from mawadda
“love, affection”
The Quran (30:21) speaks of the love and mercy God places between spouses.
Meaning borrowed from Mawada.
Is Mawaddah a girl's or a boy's name?
Mawaddah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mawaddah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Mawaddah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2016, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Mawaddah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
Names like Mawaddah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Nusaybah, Safa, Ruqayyah, Aaliyah, Musfirah, Zainab, Ayah, Sumayyah, Aaminah, Umaymah, Umamah, Abeeha
Names related to Mawaddah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Mawaddah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mawaddah, updated 20 October 2026.