Marwa
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. Arabic مروة
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Marwa (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marwa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | 11 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 10 |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 19 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 28 |
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 23 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 18 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 112 |
| 2000 | 116 |
| 2001 | 128 |
| 2002 | 150 |
| 2003 | 174 |
| 2004 | 190 |
| 2005 | 206 |
| 2006 | 252 |
| 2007 | 292 |
| 2008 | 336 |
| 2009 | 376 |
| 2010 | 402 |
| 2011 | 426 |
| 2012 | 458 |
| 2013 | 517 |
| 2014 | 621 |
| 2015 | 717 |
| 2016 | 893 |
| 2017 | 996 |
| 2018 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 1,158 |
| 2020 | 1,188 |
Marwa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marwa.Hi! My name is Marwa.
- Marwa bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Marwa lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Marwa i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Marwa this afternoon.
- Marwas mamma är lärare.Marwa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marwas mamma is Marwa's mum.
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What does the name Marwa mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. Arabic مروة
How popular is Marwa in Sweden?
18 babies were named Marwa in 2022. In 2020, 1,188 people in Sweden had Marwa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.