Entry № 11494 · Arabic origin

Wedad Wedad — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ weh-DAHD /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Love, affection (Arabic)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Arabic)

A name that means "love, affection (arabic)".

Wedad (وداد) is the Arabic word for "love" or "deep affection." A traditional Arabic feminine name.

Wedad Ibrahim al-Ali (1958-2018) was the iconic Kuwaiti actress.

Love. The Arabic deep affection.

The name in its native script.

وداد
Transliteration
Wadād
Pronunciation
/ wəˈdɑːd /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Wedad stands.

Wedad 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.

Wedads before her.

Real people
Wedad al-Ali
Kuwaiti actress.
1958 – 2018
In fiction
Wedad
Common in Arabic fiction.

Names connected to Wedad.

The number behind Wedad.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Wedad reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.