- Meaning
- Young girl
- Arabic
- جويرية
- Say it
- ju-way-REE-ya
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
A diminutive of jariya, girl. Her name was Barra and the Prophet renamed her Juwayriya (Sahih Muslim).
Famous people with this name
- Juwayriya bint al-Harith, wife of the Prophet
Other spellings
Juwairiya, Cüveyriye
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Questions about Juwayriya
What does Juwayriya mean?
Juwayriya means: Young girl. A diminutive of jariya, girl. Her name was Barra and the Prophet renamed her Juwayriya (Sahih Muslim).
Is Juwayriya in the Quran?
No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.
Is Juwayriya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Juwayriya is a girl’s name.
How do you write Juwayriya in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Juwayriya is written جويرية.