Alaw is a girl's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In England & Wales it was given to 16 girls in 2025.
Alaw belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
Alaw does not appear in US Social Security records, which publish every name given to at least five babies in a year. That says nothing about its standing at home — many of the world's best-loved names are simply rare in America.
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The meaning of Alaw is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Alaw is a girl name. In England & Wales, 16 babies received the name in 2025.
Alaw comes from the English & American tradition.
In England & Wales, Alaw was given to 16 babies in 2025 and 399 times in total since 1996, in Office for National Statistics records. It does not appear in US Social Security records.
This profile is built from the Office for National Statistics' baby-names data for England & Wales — see the source. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check. If you spot an error, write to [email protected].
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