Roua
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ROO-ah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Roua is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “visions, dreams”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Roua mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ruaa, from ruya 'vision'
“visions, dreams”
Is Roua a girl's or a boy's name?
Roua is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Roua in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Roua, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Roua than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were given Roua or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,417, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Roua in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
Names like Roua
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dua Rosa Amal Rehmat Croia Aqsa Raya Ayah Maeva Maeve Cora Nora
Other spellings of Roua
Ruah Roaa
Names related to Roua
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
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, “Roua: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/roua, updated 20 October 2026.