Nawal is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning “unmerited favour of God.” In 2024 it was given to 43 girls in the United States.
Nawal belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “unmerited favour of God” — 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, Nawal first appears in Social Security records in 1976. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #2807 in 2019, and in 2024 43 babies received the name — 1,318 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Nawal means “unmerited favour of God” in its Arabic roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Nawal is a girl name. In 2024, 43 babies received the name in the US.
Nawal comes from the Muslim & Arabic tradition.
Nawal first appears in US records in 1976. Its best-ever ranking was #2807 in 2019, and 43 babies were given the name in 2024.
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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