name
African
Hawa
HAH-wah
/ˈhɑːwɑ/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
hawa
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Mende (Sierra Leone — Arabic/Islamic influence)
- Meaning
- Eve; life; Arabic Hawwa — the mother of humankind
- Gender
- female
- Also spelled
- Hawwa, Awa
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