Waad
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- WA-ad
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Waad is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “promise”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
What does Waad mean?
Arabic: Arabic wa'd
“promise”
Is Waad a girl's or a boy's name?
Waad is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Waad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Waad, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 girls.
2025 had more girls named Waad than any year since 2018.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Waad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
Names like Waad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Zainab, Rahma, Hiba, Hafsa, Ayah, Nusaybah, Aaliyah, Safaa, Huda, Sumayyah, Safiya
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, “Waad: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/waad, updated 20 October 2026.