Hawa (given name)

Hawa is a feminine given name. In Atayal, Hawa is a male given name.

Hawa is the traditional Arabic, classical Hebrew and Swahili name for the Biblical and Qur'anic figure Eve.Oliver Leaman, The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, (Routledge: 2008), p.11 In Modern Hebrew the more common version is Chava.

Notable people Hawa Abdi, Somali doctor and activist Hawa Abdi Samatar, former First Lady of Somalia

Hawa Singh, Indian boxer

Fictional characters Hawa (哈瓦), an Atayalic character in the Taiwanese television film (鐵拳巴圖).

See also Eve (name)

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