Malay Names · Boy
Safwan name meaning
“smooth rock”
- Letters
- 6
- Syllables
- 2●●
- First letter
- S
- Origin
- Arabic
- Category
- Malay Names
- Gender
- ♂ Boy
- Arabic scriptصفوان
9
records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Safwan
A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.Safwan is a boy's name from Arabic (صفوان) meaning 'smooth rock'.
What does Safwan mean?
About the name Safwan
Safwan is an Arabic male name, written صفوان. As a word, ṣafwān means a smooth rock; it occurs in the Quran (2:264), and Lane's Lexicon lists it under the root ṣ-f-w. Safwan, Syafwan and Safuan are common spellings in Malaysia.
| Gender | ♂ Boy |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Root | ص ف و · ṣ-f-w |
| Syllables | Saf-wan |
| First letter | Malay Names starting with S |
| Arabic script | صفوان |
|---|
Compound names with Safwan
Sources
- Wiktionary: صفوان · en.wiktionary.org · origin
- Quranic Arabic Corpus: 2:264 (ṣafwān) · corpus.quran.com · meaning
- Lane's Lexicon: صفو · arabiclexicon.hawramani.com · meaning
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