Nolawi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- NOH-la-wee
- Origin
- Amharic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Nolawi is a boys' name of Amharic origin, meaning “shepherd”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Nolawi mean?
Amharic: Ethiopian name, from Ge'ez
“shepherd”
An Ethiopian Christian name; 'shepherd' recalls Jesus as the Good Shepherd.
Is Nolawi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nolawi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nolawi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 475% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Nolawi, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Nolawi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
How popular is Nolawi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,127th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 237% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Nolawi, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Nolawi in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nolawi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Nolawi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Obi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwafikayomi, Oluwatobi, Naetochukwu, Tobechukwu, Chidubem, Kamsiyochukwu, Nikodem, Achim, Ifechukwu, Munachimso
More Amharic names
Amare, Aryam, Gelila, Mahelet, Haset, Tafari, Bruk, Leul, Naod, Kidus, Melat, Haile, Menelik, Nuhamin, Meklit, Kirubel
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, “Nolawi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nolawi, updated 20 October 2026.