Ridwaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- rid-WAAN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Ridwaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “good pleasure, contentment”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Ridwaan mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ridwan
“good pleasure, contentment”
In Islamic tradition Ridwan is the angel who keeps the gates of Paradise; the word means God's good pleasure.
Meaning borrowed from Ridwan.
Is Ridwaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ridwaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ridwaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ridwaan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2011, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ridwaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were given Ridwaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,200, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Ridwan 17
- Ridwaan 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ridwaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 6 | #2,645 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
Names like Ridwaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ahmed, Rayyan, Azaan, Abdullah, Hamza, Zayan, Muhammad, Faizan, Zayaan, Rayan, Amaan, Ruhaan
Other spellings of Ridwaan
Names related to Ridwaan
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, “Ridwaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ridwaan, updated 20 October 2026.