Awa (given name)

Awa (or Hawa) is an African feminine given name derived from Eve

Awa Marie Coll Seck Awa Dia (born 2005), Senegalese-American Neo City Ambassador Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (born 1961), Senegalese retired female track and field athlete Awa Fam (born 2006), Spanish basketball player Awa Gueye (born August 1978), Senegalese women's basketball player Awa Santesson-Sey (born 1997), Swedish singer

Hawa Hawa Ghasia, Tanzanian politician Hawa Yakubu (1948–2007), Ghanaian politician Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leona politician

Awa is also a New Zealand Māori word that means 'river' often used in given names or part of a name. It can appear in both female and male names. Te Awanui can be directly translated as 'The Big River' or 'The Main River'.

References

'100 Māori words every New Zealander should know', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/culture/maori-language-week/100-maori-words, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 18-Aug-2014