Hawi

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 10 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
10
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Hawi by the numbers

Hawi was given to 10 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 11 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Hawi

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.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Hawi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hawaair, breeze; also Hawaiian165 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hanihappy, joyful14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hali8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hawo6 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Hawi

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

  • Hawwaliving or alive; form of Eve98 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Hawaaair, breeze; variant of Hawa21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Haogood, excellent, grand12 in the US (2017)
  • Hauwalife, living4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Haawalife; living one; a form of Hawwa3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Hawi

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