What does the name Waqar mean?

Waqar means "Dignity, prestige and noble stature". It is a boy's name of Punjabi origin.

Waqar

Waqar means Dignity, prestige and noble stature.

Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.

Gender	boy
Origin	Punjabi
Language	Punjabi
Starts with	W

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Dignity, prestige and noble stature”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Gaurav — Meanings families give: Pride, honor and dignity that inspires respect; Pride, honor, prestige, glory; Pride, honour, respect
Shaan — Meanings families give: Pride, glory and magnificent dignified honor; Pride, style, grace; Pride, dignity, glory
Pratap — splendour, brilliancy, glory, majesty, dignity, power, strength
Aryan — Noble, of high birth
Aaryan — Noble one, of Arya descent
Riaan — Little king, kingly, noble

More boys' names of Punjabi origin

Arshdeep — Light of the sky
Diljit — Won over hearts
Karanveer — Heroic warrior, brave in action
Amanveer — Brave warrior of peace, peaceful hero
Ranbir — Warrior of the battlefield, brave in battle
Parmveer — Supreme hero, greatest brave warrior

Where this comes from

Waqar has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.