Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Widad Name Meaning in Islam
Love, top Moroccan girls name.
- Meaning
- Love, top Moroccan girls name
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Urdu
- وداد
- Pronunciation
- WI-dad
- Lucky number
- 6
Is Widad an Islamic name? Yes. Widad is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Love, top Moroccan girls name. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
و-د-د, from w-d-d, to love. Widād is loving affection, the bond between intimates. Same root as al-Wadūd (divine name).
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Waw of connection, Dal of return, Alif of origin, Dal of return. Love returning to itself through the One.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Widad's letters draw from many elements at once, a full palette, not a single note. This is a name that asks its bearer to hold contradictions gracefully: warmth and steadiness, movement and depth. Running through the reading is Al-Wadud, the Loving, carried by a person as a steady, connective love. A person named Widad lives with more inside them than any one word can hold.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Love, deep affection, from root w-d-d (wadda, to love deeply). Al-Wadud (the Most Loving) is a divine name: 'He is the Forgiving, the Loving (Al-Wadud)' (85:14). Widad names the girl who carries the quality of deep, steady love. Top Moroccan and Levantine girls name.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
How to Pronounce Widad
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Names sharing the د Dal influence
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Variants of this name
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Widad
What does the name Widad mean?
Behind the meaning sits each letter, each with a quality of its own. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about Widad? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Widad? →
Is Widad mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Widad mean in Urdu?
Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Widad carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →
Is Widad a good Islamic name?
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Is Widad a girl or boy name?
What is the spiritual meaning of Widad in Ilm ul Huroof?
The reading comes from Ilm ul Huroof, the letter-science Ibn Arabi taught. Each letter in Widad carries an ontological role. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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