Ruwayda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: De caminar suave
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Ruwayda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in South Africa than in any other country.
- ZASouth Africa≈1 in 34K(inferred from the name graph)
- LYLibya≈1 in 140K
- QAQatar≈1 in 141K
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.
- South Africa (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 28 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 34K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
South Africa, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
De caminar suave
Sources 1
- 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Where in the world(measured from records)
Ruwayda 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZA South Africa | ≈1,700 est. | ≈1 in 34K | — | Ruwayda | 26 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈170 est. | ≈1 in 200K | — | Ruwayda | 16 |
| TZ Tanzania | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 365K | — | Ruwayda | 5 |
| SE Sweden | 52 | 1 in 196K | 52 | Ruwayda | 7 |
| LY Libya | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 140K | — | Ruwayda | 4 |
| QA Qatar | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 141K | — | Ruwayda | 3 |
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: Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 52 | #13,257 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 52 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 51 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 50 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 48 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 46 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 41 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 37 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2013 | 33 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 21 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 16 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2010 | 11 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Ruwayda mean, and where does it come from?
- De caminar suave Recorded by 25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado.
- Is Ruwayda a male or female name?
- Ruwayda is a female 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 Ruwayda have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 thousand people named Ruwayda in South Africa, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ruwayda.
- How common is the name Ruwayda?
- In Sweden, the national register counted 52 people named Ruwayda, about 1 in 196 thousand residents.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ruwaydaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Ruwayda”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.