Given name · Arabic
سلوى
“quail”
سلوى (salwā) is a feminine given name from Aramaic, ultimately from Classical Syriac. It is used in Arabic.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: salwā.
Meaning & origin
What it means
سلوى goes back to Classical Syriac ܣܠܘܝ (salway), meaning “quail.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
سلوى comes from Aramaic, and ultimately from Classical Syriac.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
سلوى’s family of names
In Arabic usage, سلوى can be written in the Roman alphabet as salwā.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named سلوى
- Salwa Eid NaserBahraini sprinterborn 1998
- Salwa BughaighisLibyan activist1963–2014
- Salwa BakrEgyptian critic, novelist and authorborn 1949
- Salwa El-DeghaliLibyan academicborn 2000
- Saloua Raouda ChoucairLebanese artist (1916-2017)
- Salwa Al KatribLebanese actor & singer (1953-2009)
- Salwa Abu LibdehPalestinian journalistborn 1966
- Salwa Mahmasani MouminaLebanese women's rights writer1908–1957
- Salwa Abu KhadraPalestinian politician and educator (1929-2024)
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