Save Gender Masculine Usage Arabic Scripts مُعَاوية(Arabic) Pronounced Pron. MUW-ah-wee-AH [key] Meaning & History Muawiyah is an Arabic name for boys that means “one who howls”. The most famous bearer is Muawiyah bin Abu Sufyan, who led a rebellion against Ali in the First Fitna (civil war) that caused the Shia-Sunni schism.