Entry № 7156 · Arabic origin

Najwa Najwa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ NAJ-wah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Whisper, secret conversation"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "whisper, secret conversation".

Najwa (نجوى) is the Arabic word for "a confidential conversation" or "intimate whisper." The word appears in the Quran referring to private prayer with God.

Najwa Karam (born 1966) is the Lebanese singer; Najwa Nimri is the Spanish-Jordanian actress.

Intimate whisper. The Arabic confidence.

The name in its native script.

نجوى
Transliteration
Najwā
Pronunciation
/ ˈnædʒ.wə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Najwa stands.

Najwa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Najwas before her.

Real people
Najwa Karam
Lebanese singer.
born 1966
Najwa Nimri
Spanish-Jordanian actress.
born 1972
In fiction
Najwa
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Najwa.

The number behind Najwa.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Najwa reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.