# Marwa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marwa/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Marwah, Marva |
| US babies named this | 2,434 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,434 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,187, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Arabic مروة

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 2,684 |
| 2012 | 69 | 2,619 |
| 2013 | 96 | 2,028 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,229 |
| 2015 | 96 | 2,053 |
| 2016 | 86 | 2,241 |
| 2017 | 104 | 1,939 |
| 2018 | 93 | 2,076 |
| 2019 | 83 | 2,226 |
| 2020 | 75 | 2,370 |
| 2021 | 85 | 2,202 |
| 2022 | 111 | 1,837 |
| 2023 | 101 | 1,958 |
| 2024 | 111 | 1,816 |
| 2025 | 119 | 1,720 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 94 | 449 |
| 2012 | 95 | 470 |
| 2013 | 87 | 484 |
| 2014 | 88 | 484 |
| 2015 | 97 | 448 |
| 2016 | 101 | 437 |
| 2017 | 109 | 403 |
| 2018 | 90 | 478 |
| 2019 | 94 | 448 |
| 2020 | 103 | 413 |
| 2021 | 105 | 422 |
| 2022 | 97 | 438 |
| 2023 | 106 | 389 |
| 2024 | 136 | 320 |
| 2025 | 143 | 306 |

## People named Marwa

- Marwa El-Sherbini, Egyptian handball player and pharmacist (1977–2009)
- Marwa Abdelhady, Egyptian beach volleyball player
- Marwa Loud, French singer
- Marwa Hussein, Egyptian hammer thrower

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.