Marwa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Arabic

Meaning

Marwa or Marwah is an Arabic female given name derived from the word marū/maruw with the meaning of either minerals, 'flint', 'quartz' or 'a hard stone of nearly pure silica'. However, the Arabic name for quartz is ṣawwān. The name is written Marva in the Persian form.

From Wikipedia

Marwa first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 74 babies (rank #422 that year). In 2024 it was given to 48 girls (rank #606). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Marwa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Marwa yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

1,341
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
74
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199116#1,085
199216#1,118
199310#1,573
199414#1,138
199510#1,643
199617#1,108
199715#1,198
199824#846
199922#910
200025#828
200125#842
200244#555
200344#572
200452#497
200565#433
200646#589
200763#480
200864#495
200965#476
201074#422
201166#479
201269#449
201359#514
201446#651
201549#610
201642#700
201748#624
201841#710
201945#655
202031#874
202129#956
202231#858
202326#995
202448#606