Hawaa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAH-wa
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
Hawaa is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “life, living”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies).
What does Hawaa mean?
Hebrew: Arabic form of Eve (Hebrew Chavah)
“life, living”
Hawwa is the name Islamic tradition gives to Eve, the first woman and wife of Adam.
Is Hawaa a girl's or a boy's name?
Hawaa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hawaa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 150% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Hawaa, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Hawaa of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the girls named Hawaa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Hawaa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
Names like Hawaa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Hiba, Zainab, Safaa, Ayah, Rahma, Huda, Abeeha, Nusaybah, Ayra, Aaliyah
Names related to Hawaa
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Hawaa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hawaa, updated 20 October 2026.