Nawaf
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- nuh-WAHF
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,511 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Nawaf is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “lofty, eminent”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Nawaf mean?
Arabic
“lofty, eminent”
Sheikh Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah was Emir of Kuwait from 2020 to 2023.
Is Nawaf a girl's or a boy's name?
Nawaf is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nawaf in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Nawaf, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
2025 had the most boys named Nawaf of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Nawaf in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Nawaf in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Nawaf in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Nawaf, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more boys named Nawaf than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Nawaf in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nawaf in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Nawaf
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayaan Musa Zayan Zayd Hamza Abdullah Umar Ahmed Azaan Musab Mustafa
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), 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, “Nawaf: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nawaf, updated 20 October 2026.