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وِدَاد
Wedad
wi-DAAD
“Affection, love.”
About Wedad
Wedad is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "affection, love" — an Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.
From the Arabic root و-د-د meaning 'love, affection'. Same root yields Wadud, one of the names of God.
Origin & roots
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Also spelled
Widad, Widdad
Root letters
In Arabic, root letters are the seed that gives a word its meaning. Every word built from them inherits that family of meaning — and Wedad is one such word.
How to say it
Stressed syllable in capitals
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Common questions about Wedad
- What does the name Wedad mean?
- Wedad (وِدَاد) means "Affection, love". From the Arabic root و-د-د meaning 'love, affection'. Same root yields Wadud, one of the names of God.
- Is Wedad a name from the Qur'an?
- Wedad does not appear directly in the Qur'an in our verified records, though it is an Arabic name long carried across the Muslim world. We only list a Qur'anic verse when it's verified against the Tanzil corpus.
- Is Wedad a boy or a girl name?
- Wedad is traditionally a girl's name.
- Where does the name Wedad come from?
- Wedad is an Arabic name, built on the root letters W-D-D.
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