Sawdah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOW-da
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
Sawdah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Sawdah mean?
Arabic
Borne by Sawdah bint Zamah, who married the Prophet Muhammad after the death of Khadija.
Is Sawdah a girl's or a boy's name?
Sawdah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sawdah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Sawdah, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sawdah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Sawdah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Sawdah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 14 | #2,111 |
| 2015 | 14 | #2,085 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
Names like Sawdah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Nusaybah Ayah Zainab Sumayyah Aaliyah Hafsa Safaa Hiba Ruqayyah Izzah Safiya
Other spellings of Sawdah
Sawda Sauda
Names related to Sawdah
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
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, “Sawdah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sawdah, updated 20 October 2026.