Entry № 9119 · Arabic origin

Salwa Salwa — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SAHL-wah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Consolation, solace"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Arabic)

A name that means "consolation, solace".

Salwa (سلوى) is the Arabic word for "consolation" or "solace." The word appears in the Quran referring to the quail and manna God sent to the Israelites in the wilderness.

Salwa is widely used across the Arab world.

Consolation. The Arabic Quranic solace.

The name in its native script.

سلوى
Transliteration
Salwā
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɑːl.wə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Salwa stands.

Salwa does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Salwas before her.

Real people
Salwa Bakr
Egyptian novelist.
born 1949
In fiction
Salwa
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Salwa.

The number behind Salwa.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Salwa reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.