name
Arabic
Hawa
HAH-wah
/ˈhɑːwɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Hawa
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Arabic/Swahili/Fula (East and West Africa)
- Meaning
- West African/East African form of Eve; living; life
- Gender
- female
Pronunciation tips
The Arabic/African form of the biblical Eve ('Hawwa' = she who lives); common across Islamic Africa from Senegal to Somalia; simple, melodic, and spiritually significant as the name of the first woman in Islamic tradition
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