- Meaning
- Little wolf
- Arabic
- أويس
- Say it
- u-WAYS
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Arabic
- In the Quran
- Not in the Quran
About the meaning
A diminutive of aws, wolf.
Famous people with this name
- Uways al-Qarani, praised by the Prophet in Sahih Muslim though they never met
Other spellings
Owais, Uwais, Veysel
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Questions about Uways
What does Uways mean?
Uways means: Little wolf. A diminutive of aws, wolf.
Is Uways 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 Uways a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Uways is a boy’s name.
How do you write Uways in Arabic?
In Arabic script, Uways is written أويس.