نَوَّاف
Nawaf: meaning of the name
Boy Arabic origin Nawwāf
“Very lofty, towering”, from nafa, “to rise”
Meaning of the name Nawaf
Nawwaf is an intensive form of the root n-w-f of height: nafa, “to rise, to tower, to exceed”; nawf is also, according to lexicographers, the camel’s hump, its highest part. The name expresses elevation and pre-eminence, like Nayif, from the same root. It is very common in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
- In Arabic
- نَوَّاف نواف
- Transliteration
- Nawwāf
- Root
- ن و ف
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
Is Nawaf in the Quran?
No: neither the name Nawaf nor its root appears in the Quran. A name can be beautiful and permissible without coming from the Quran.
Is this name permissible?
No text or scholarly opinion concerns the name Nawaf in particular: the general rules of Islam apply.
Read the rules for choosing a name
This page is an aid to reflection, not a fatwa. For a personal case, ask a person of knowledge.
Writing Nawaf in each language
- French
- Nawaf, Naouaf
- English
- Nawaf, Nawwaf
- Spanish
- Nawaf
- Turkish
- Nevvaf
- Arabic
- نَوَّاف
Similar names
Same root (ن و ف)
- Nayefنَايِف “Lofty, eminent”, rising above
- Noufنَوْف “Elevation, the highest point”, that which towers above