Muawiyah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- moo-AH-wee-yah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Muawiyah is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Muawiyah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Mu'awiya
Mu'awiya I founded the Umayyad caliphate in 661, ruling from Damascus.
Is Muawiyah a girl's or a boy's name?
Muawiyah 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 Muawiyah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Muawiyah, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Muawiyah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Muawiyah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
Names like Muawiyah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Abdullah, Mustafa, Musa, Zayd, Zayaan, Umar, Abdulrahman, Huzaifa, Zayan, Ibrahim, Musab
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, 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, “Muawiyah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/muawiyah, updated 20 October 2026.