Ruwaida
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roo-WAY-dah
- Origin
- Arabic
Ruwaida is a girls' name of Arabic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Ruwaida come from?
Arabic: Arabic Ruwayda; exact sense uncertain
Is Ruwaida a girl's or a boy's name?
Ruwaida is a girls' name.
How popular is Ruwaida in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ruwaida in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ruwaida in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
Names like Ruwaida
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Rahma, Rumaysa, Hafsa, Zainab, Safiya, Ruqayyah, Abeeha, Hiba, Amira, Habiba
Names related to Ruwaida
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, 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, “Ruwaida: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ruwaida, updated 20 October 2026.