Dua is an Arabic word that means "prayer" or "supplication", the personal prayer a Muslim offers outside the formal daily prayers, and it is a given name in Albania, Kosovo and Pakistan. The singer Dua Lipa, born in London to Kosovar Albanian parents, carried it onto the world stage. In the United States Dua has shot up from number 4324 in 2015 to number 1060 in 2025, its best rank to date.