- Origin: Arabic راوية
- Meaning: “narrator; storyteller.”
- Gender: Female
The name comes directly from the Arabic word راوية (rawiya), meaning “storyteller; narrator.” Another transliteration is Rawia, Rawiyah and Rawya.
It was borne by Rawya Ateya (1926-1997), the first female parliamentarian in the Arab world in 1957.
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