Hawa
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning air, breeze; also Hawaiian.
Hawa by the numbers
In 2025, 165 babies in England and Wales were named Hawa. In the US, 103 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hawa. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hanagrace; variant of Hannah341 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hawwaliving or alive; form of Eve98 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hayalife95 in England and Wales (2025)
- Halahalo or light41 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hawaaair, breeze; variant of Hawa21 in England and Wales (2025)
- Havalife; variant of hava or eve4 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Hawa
Names that are said the same way as Hawa, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean the wind
Like Hawa, each of these has the wind in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Hawa
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