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Nawawi name meaning

“from Nawa”

Letters
6
Syllables
3
First letter
N
Origin
Arabic
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♂ Boy
12

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Nawawi

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Malay Names: NMeaning knowledgeArabic origin

Nawawi is a boy's name from Arabic meaning 'from Nawa', a town in Syria.

What does Nawawi mean?

From Nawa

In Malay: berasal dari Nawa

Sources (1)

About the name Nawawi

Nawawi is an Arabic nisba, al-Nawawī, indicating connection to Nawa, a town in Syria. It is well known through the scholar Imam al-Nawawi (1233-1277), who was born in Nawa.

Gender♂ Boy
OriginArabic
SyllablesNa-wa-wi
First letterMalay Names starting with N
Arabic scriptنووي

Compound names with Nawawi

Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Yahya ibn Sharaf al-Nawawi · en.wikipedia.org · meaning

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