Marwa (name)

Marwa or Marwah (Arabic: مروة) is an Arabic female given name derived from the word "marū/ maruw (مرو)" with the meaning of either minerals, "flint(-stone)", "quartz" or "a hard stone of nearly pure silica". However, the Arabic name for quartz is "ṣawwān (صَوَّان)".

Marwa or Marwah
PronunciationArabic pronunciation: [marwaː]
GenderFemale
Origin
Meaning"White stone"
Region of originArabia
Other names
Related namesMerve, Marva, Marveh

The name is written Marva in the Persian form. During the Ottoman Period, the name is written Mervat (Ottoman Turkish: مرفت) or Marwa (Ottoman Turkish: مروا), or Merve written in the modern Turkish form.

For the Kuria people, Marwa is used as a masculine name, reserved for the firstborn male in a family, along with names Chacha or Mwita. Firstborn girls are called either Bhoke, Robi, or Gati.[1]

And the name of a place for the rituals of Hajj in the Hijaz, and they are two, Al-Safa and Al-Marwah, in Makkah.[2]

The male variant of this name is Marwan.

Given name

Middle name

Surname

See also
  • All pages with titles beginning with Marwa for articles on persons with this first name
  • Maitatsine, born Mohammed Marwa, controversial Islamic scholar
  • Marwa (disambiguation)

Notes
  1. Thomson Safaris (4 September 2014). "A Child By Any Other Name…Wouldn't Be Kuria: Naming Traditions among the Kuria People". Thomson Safaris Safari Blog. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  2. "Muslim Girls Arabic Names - Letter M". Islamicport.com. Retrieved 2013-05-15.
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