Hawa

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hawa is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name42K records spelled Hawa4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States, Malaysia

  Also written Hāwā, Ḥawā, Hawā

• English given name26K records spelled Hawa17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Tanzania, Malaysia, Nigeria

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Hawae, Hawä, Häwä, Hawàe, Hãwå

• Malay given name17K records spelled Hawa5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Tanzania

  Languages: Malay, Indonesian

  Also written Hawa', Hàŵa

• Spanish given name4.9K records spelled Hawa8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, United States, Tanzania, India

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Ĥawa, Hawā, Hãwã, Hậẃậ, Hâwā

• Amharic given name1.6K records spelled Hawa7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Also written ሀዋ, ሃዋ, ሀወ, Hawe, Hawaa

63 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hawa is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, Eve, wife of Adam, mother of mankind. Hawwa’ bint Zayd: a sahaabia

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In Swedish, Hawa är den arabiska formen av det bibliska → Eva.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Swahili, Swahili: 'longing'.

  as a name·African Names

• mother of humankind

  as a name·Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names

• In Kurdish, a female given name, equivalent to English Eve

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 93 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Eve Ardenb. 1908USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress (1908–1990)
• Eve Brentb. 1929USnot in their usual nameactress (1929–2011)
• Eve Enslerb. 1953USnot in their usual nameAmerican playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist (born 1953)
• Diane Warrenb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican songwriter (born 1956)
• Jennie Garthb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress
• Eveb. 1978USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and actress
• Eve Mylesb. 1978GBnot in their usual nameWelsh actress (born 1978)
• Eve Torresb. 1984USnot in their usual nameAmerican professional wrestler and Jiu-Jitsu trainer
• Joss Stoneb. 1987GBnot in their usual nameEnglish singer, songwriter, and actress (born 1987)
• Eve Hewsonb. 1991IEnot in their usual nameIrish actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 411 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hawa?

We estimate roughly 13 thousand people bear Hawa (counting its spellings and scripts) across 11 countries in our records.

In which country does Hawa have the most bearers?

We estimate about 6.6 thousand people bear Hawa in France, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled hawa.

How common is Hawa compared with other names?

In Mauritania, Hawa is the 26th most common given name of 559 given names recorded there.

Is Hawa a male or female name?

Hawa is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Hawa mean?

Recorded meaning: Swahili female name symbolizing the wife of Adam.