Pamela Redmond is the cocreator and CEO of Nameberry and Baby Name DNA. The coauthor of ten groundbreaking 

, Redmond is an internationally-recognized baby name expert, quoted and published widely in such media outlets as the 

, CNN, and the BBC. She has written about baby names for 

Redmond is also a New York Times bestselling novelist whose books include 

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Sophie Kihm has been writing for Nameberry since 2015. She has contributed stories on the 

. Sophie is Nameberry’s resident Name Guru to the Stars, where she suggests names for celebrity babies. She also manages the Nameberry 

Sophie Kihm's articles on names have run on 

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The name Urwa is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "strong support, handhold, firm grip".

Also appearing as Urwah (and occasionally Ourwa), this unisex Arabic name appears in the Quran, in which it is used to describe Allah as a strong and trustworthy support. It was also borne by two companions of the Prophet Muhammad (Urwah al-Bariqi and Urwah ibn Mas'ud) and by the early Islamic scholar, Urwa ibn al-Zubayr. As such, it is a spiritually significant choice for Muslims, 
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Feminine leaning in Pakistan and India, masculine in Nepal and Indonesia, and unisex elsewhere, it has been more recently worn by actress Urwa Hocane. 



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The name Urwa is currently ranked #17092 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #11297 in 2019.

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