Nawaab
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- na-WAAB
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
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Nawaab is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “deputy, governor”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Nawaab mean?
Arabic: spelling of Nawab; via the Urdu title nawab, from Arabic naib, deputy
“deputy, governor”
From nawab, the title of Mughal provincial governors and princes, which also gave English the word 'nabob'.
Meaning borrowed from Nawab.
Is Nawaab a girl's or a boy's name?
Nawaab is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nawaab in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Nawaab, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 3 boys.
In 2025, 40 boys in the UK were given Nawaab or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #781, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
- Nawab 37
- Nawaab 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Nawaab in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
Names like Nawaab
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musab Muhammad Habib Ahmed Haseeb Hamza Fahad Zohaib Suhaib Rabab Sahib Abdur
Other spellings of Nawaab
More Arabic names
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) 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, “Nawaab: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nawaab, updated 20 October 2026.