Arwa (Name)

Arwa (transliteration: Arwā, Arabic: أروى) is an Arabic name for girls that means “female ibex” (wild goat)¹² Fairuzabadi mentions that Arwa is also the name of a well on the way to Mecca.³

Arwa is also spelled Arwaa and Arua.

There are five Sahabiyyat (female Companions of the Prophet Muhammad ) named Arwa:

• Arwaa bint Rabee`ah أروى بنت ربيعة
• Arwaa bint Abi al-Aas أروى بنت أبي العاص
• Arwaa bint Abdul Muttalib أروى بنت عبد المطّلب
• Arwaa bint Kraiz أروى بنت كريز
• Arwaa bint Unais أروى بنت أنيس

Below is the name Arwa written in Arabic naskh script:

Below is the name Arwa written in Arabic kufi script:

1. Al-Misbaah al-Muneer by al-Fayyumi (d. 1368 CE), entry for روي.
2. Sultan Qaboos Encyclopedia of Arab Names, entry for لَارْوَى (which incidentally mentions the meaning of Arwa as “The female of al-waʿl, which means “ibex”).
3. Al-Qamoos al-Muheet by Fairuzabadi (d. 1414 CE), entry for رَوِيَ.