Dua is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “love.” In 2024 it was given to 170 girls in the United States.
Dua belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “love” — is the sense carried by its Arabic roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Dua first appears in Social Security records in 1993. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1338 in 2024, and in 2024 170 babies received the name — 1,253 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Dua means “love” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Dua is a girl name. In 2024, 170 babies received the name in the US.
Dua comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Dua first appears in US records in 1993. Its best-ever ranking was #1338 in 2024, and 170 babies were given the name in 2024.
Dua is pronounced /ˈduː.ə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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