Hawke
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning hawk; bird of prey or variant of Hawks.
Babies a year
18
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Hawke by the numbers
Hawke was given to 18 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
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 Hawke. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Hawka bird of prey; watchful hunter87 in the US (2017)
- Hawken23 in the US (2017)
- Hailepower; from Ethiopian royal tradition5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Hawkinlittle hawk; a form of Hawk or Hawkins17 in the US (2017)
- Howieheart, feeling; a form of Howard or Howie from Hugh6 in England and Wales (2025)
- Haakenhigh kinsman; a form of Håkon7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a bird
Like Hawke, each of these has a bird in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Gavinwhite hawk4,134 in the US (2017)
- Jonahdove2,523 in the US (2017)
- Remingtonraven settlement; from the raven farm2,251 in the US (2017)
- Phoenixmythical bird that rises from ashes2,184 in the US (2017)
- Corbinraven; from corvus1,434 in the US (2017)
- Jaya form of names beginning with J; also the bird856 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Hawke
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