- Origin: Arabic
- Meaning: “first; foremost.”
- masc (AHW-wahl); fem (OO-lah)
Awwal أوّل is an Arabic male name which comes directly from the Arabic word القائمة (first, foremost). It’s feminine form is Oula أولى. A unisex form is Awwalan أَوَّلاَن which is derived from the plural form of awwal.
In Islam, al-Awwal is one of the many names of God.