Bawi

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 19 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
19
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Bawi by the numbers

Bawi was given to 19 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 32 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Bawi

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Sounds like Bawi

Names that are said the same way as Bawi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Baotreasure; precious; protect3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Bahasplendor, brightness, magnificence8 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Bawi

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