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Name Mirwais
Gender Masculine
Usage Pashto
Scripts ميرويس (Pashto)
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Meaning & History

Possibly means "noble ruler", derived from Persian میر‎ (mir) meaning "leader, ruler, headman" possibly combined with Arabic أُوَيْس (ʾawais) meaning "little wolf". This was the name of an 18th-century Pashtun tribal chief who founded the Hotak dynasty of Afghanistan.
Added 11/23/2018 by HL