Uwais
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- oo-WAYS
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Uwais is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “little wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Uwais mean?
Arabic: Arabic Uways, a diminutive of Aws
“little wolf”
Uways al-Qarani was a Yemeni saint, revered in Sufi tradition, who never met the Prophet Muhammad in person.
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Is Uwais a girl's or a boy's name?
Uwais is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Uwais in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Uwais, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 36 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uwais in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 36 boys in the UK were given Uwais or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #836, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Owais 28
- Uwais 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Uwais in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,009 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,013 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 23 | #1,065 |
| 2005 | 27 | #917 |
| 2004 | 29 | #822 |
| 2003 | 33 | #720 |
| 2002 | 36 | #615 |
| 2001 | 31 | #656 |
| 2000 | 26 | #743 |
| 1999 | 26 | #717 |
| 1998 | 20 | #844 |
| 1997 | 23 | #760 |
| 1996 | 15 | #979 |
Names like Uwais
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hassan Hamza Usman Umair Awais Qasim Saif Fahad Asad Habib Haseeb Zohaib
Other spellings of Uwais
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, “Uwais: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uwais, updated 20 October 2026.