Shawkat is a boy's name of Arabic origin meaning “Might.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Shawkat at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Muslim & Arabic
Meaning
“Might”
About the name Shawkat
Shawkat belongs to the Muslim & Arabic tradition. Its meaning — “Might” — 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, Shawkat first appears in Social Security records in 1978. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #5662 in 1978, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 6 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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