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Awo

Gender
Girl
Say it
AH-woh

Awo is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Is Awo a girl's or a boy's name?

Awo is a girls' name.

How popular is Awo in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2003, with 7 girls.

Half of all the girls named Awo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 7 in 20032024
Awo in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20245#4,253
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20193#5,804
20183#5,896
20174#4,967
20160–
20150–
20140–
20133#6,003
20120–
20115#4,244
20103#5,938
20094#4,795
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20043#4,789
20037#2,574
20020–
20010–
20000–
19993#4,041
19984#3,310
19973#3,991

Names like Awo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Awo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/awo, updated 20 October 2026.