In all the world, نجوى (Najwa 
, نجوى 
, Nagwa , among others...) is a widespread predominantly feminine, but scarcely masculine given name. The given name نجوى is habitual in Tunisia, where it is a common primarily girly, but very infrequently masculine name, Lebanon, where it is quite a common feminine name, and Morocco, where it is quite a common primarily female, but very infrequently boy's name (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Morocco, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, نجوى is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Najwa | Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Malaysia, Indonesia |
| نجوى | Syria, Iraq, Sudan, Jordan, Egypt |
| Nagwa | Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Malaysia |
| Najoua | United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco |
| Necva | United States, Turkey |
| Najoie | Lebanon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Belgium |
| נג'וא | Israel |
| Нажуа | Ukraine |
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نجوى فؤاد Egyptian belly dancer, EG (b. 1939) |
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نجوى كرم Lebanese actress and singer, LB (b. 1966) |
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| نجوى قعوار فرح Palestinian writer, PS (b. 1923) |
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| نجوى سالم Egyptian actress, EG (b. 1925) |
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نجوى سلطان Lebanese singer, LB |
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نجوى بيليزل French singer, FR (b. 1981) |
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| نجوى إبراهيم Egyptian actor, EG (b. 1946) |
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| نجوى الموجي EG (b. 1939) |
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| نجوى عبد المجيد Egyptian geneticist, EG (b. 1950) |
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| نجوى قصاب حسن SY (b. 1943) |
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| نجوى غانم first wife and first cousin of Osama bin Laden, SY (b. 1959) |
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| نجوى شعبان Egyptian writer (1959-2019), EG (b. 1959) |
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| نجوى بركات Lebanese writer, LB (b. 1960) |
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| نجوى قاسم Lebanese journalist, LB (b. 1967) |
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| نجوى بن شتوان Libyan academic and novelist, LY (b. 1970) |
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