By Ed Yourdon, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=30260733
- Origin: Arabic رويدة
- Meaning: “unhurrying; very gentle; forbearing.”
- Gender: feminine
The name is from the Arabic root r-w-d meaning “gentle; slowly walking; forbearing.”
Other transliterations include: Rowaida, Ruwaida, Ruweyda & Ruayda.
Its Bosnian form is Ruvejda.
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