Given name & surname
Fawzi
“the winner”·“victorious, triumphant”
Fawzi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “the winner” (Arabic) and “victorious, triumphant” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “the winner” (Arabic) and “victorious, triumphant” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic فَوْزِيّ, built from Arabic فَوْز (“victory, triumph”) + ـِيّ.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1988. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fawzi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 71
- 71 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 8 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 517 as a first name in 2020; 217 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fawzi’s family of names
In English usage, Fawzi has a related form in Fawzy. Fawzi has a related form in Fawzy. In English usage, Fawzi has a related form in FAOUZI.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Fawzi
- Fawzi al-QawuqjiArab Liberation Army commander (1890-1977)
- Fawzi SeluPresident of Syria (1905-1972)
- Fawzi BenkhalidiAlgerian footballerborn 1963
- Fawzi Al-IssawiLibyan footballerborn 1960
- Fawzi MulkiJordanian politician (1910–1962)
- Fawzi SalloukhLebanese politicianborn 1931
- Fawzi MaaloufBrazilian poet1899–1930
- Fawzi Abdel A'alInterior Ministerborn 1971
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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