Nawaf

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Alto

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/nəwɔf/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Nawaf is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Saudi Arabia than in any other country, where it is the 85th most common given name.

rarermore common
  • SASaudi Arabia≈1 in 925(inferred from the name graph)
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 1.2K
  • SYSyria≈1 in 28K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Saudi Arabia (inferred from the name graph)

≈37,000 people, est.

Sources
180 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 925 (inferred from the name graph)

Saudi Arabia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Alto

Sources 1

  • 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Nawaf counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Nawaf is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SA Saudi Arabia#85≈37,000 est.≈1 in 925—Nawaf156
KW Kuwait#108≈2,600 est.≈1 in 1.2K—Nawaf95
PK Pakistan—≈2,100 est.≈1 in 111KlistedNawaf14
AE United Arab Emirates#964≈910 est.≈1 in 11K—Nawaf71
SY Syria—≈700 est.≈1 in 28K—Nawaf20
BH Bahrain#60≈690 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Nawaf54
QA Qatar#203≈600 est.≈1 in 4.1K—Nawaf54
US United States—4581 in 726K445Nawaf180

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the pk-muslim-names-cc0 register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Nawaf is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Nawāf

  • Russian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Iraq, Syria, Russia, Ukraine

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Наваф, Navaf

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

192019401960198020002020Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, b. 1937Nawaf Massalha, b. 1943Nawaf Salam, b. 1953Nawaf Suleiman, b. 1954Nawaf Boushal, b. 1999Nawaf Al-Aqidi, b. 2000Nawaf al-Fares, b. 2000M. Nawaf Khoiriyansyah, b. 2006

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

Informalمرحباً Nawaf،Hi Nawaf, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 25 sources across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Nawaf
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020445#21,948
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201528—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201727—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201627—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202524—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201424—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201218—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201917—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201317—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201814—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202013#21,948
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)202313—

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nawaf mean, and where does it come from?
Alto Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
How do you pronounce Nawaf?
A machine transcription gives /nəwɔf/ (IPA) for Arabic.
Is Nawaf a male or female name?
Nawaf is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Nawaf have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 37 thousand people named Nawaf in Saudi Arabia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nawaf.
How common is the name Nawaf?
In the United States, the national register counted 458 people named Nawaf in 2020, about 1 in 726 thousand residents.
How common is Nawaf compared with other names?
In Saudi Arabia, Nawaf is the 85th most common given name of 64,319 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Nawaf” — the 85th most common given name in Saudi Arabia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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