Hawo

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Hawo by the numbers

Hawo was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 8 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Hawo

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 Hawo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Hawaair, breeze; also Hawaiian165 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Haogood, excellent, grand12 in the US (2017)
  • Halo174 in the US (2017)
  • Hawi10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Hawo

Names that are said the same way as Hawo, 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)
  • Hauwalife, living4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Haawalife; living one; a form of Hawwa3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Hawo

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