Palwasha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- pal-WAH-sha
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Palwasha is a girls' name, meaning “ray of light”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Palwasha mean?
Pashto palwasha
“ray of light”
Pashto name, popular among Afghan and Pakistani Pashtun families.
Is Palwasha a girl's or a boy's name?
Palwasha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Palwasha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Palwasha, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Palwasha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Palwasha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Palwasha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Anvika, Akshara, Saanvika, Advika, Divisha, Hanvika, Saanvi, Tanvika, Arya, Viha, Krisha
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, “Palwasha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/palwasha, updated 20 October 2026.