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 was written Mervat (Ottoman Turkish: مرفت) or Marwa (Ottoman Turkish: مروا), or Merve 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]

The male variant of this given name is Marwan. Marwa is also a surname.

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.
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