Nawaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Urdu
Nawaz is a boys' name of Urdu origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Nawaz mean?
Urdu
A male given name from Urdu.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nawaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Nawaz is a boys' name.
How popular is Nawaz in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nawaz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nawaz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #6,143 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 1 | #6,179 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Nawaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fawaz, Muhammad, Musa, Zayaan, Ahmed, Abdullah, Musab, Zayan, Abdur, Zayyan, Azaan, Ziyad
More Urdu names
Meerab, Shahzain, Saira, Zohran, Laiba, Sehrish, Zeeshan, Maheen, Aafia, Shazain, Sairah, Laibah, Laaiba, Laaibah, Zeeshaan
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, “Nawaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nawaz, updated 20 October 2026.