Dua

Where Dua comes from

Transliteration of Punjabi ਦੂਆ (dūā) for the Indian surname.
— Wiktionary's entry for Dua
  • Albanian
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1993
    First appearance
    #10,588 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #1,060
    231 babies named Dua — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Albanian.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.