Hawa is a feminine given name. In Atayal, Hawa is a male given name.
Gender | Arabic: Female Atayal: Male |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Arabic: From the Arabic word for Eve |
Other names | |
Variant form(s) | Hawo |
Hawa is the traditional Arabic, classical Hebrew and Swahili name for the Biblical and Qur'anic figure Eve.[1] In Modern Hebrew the more common version is Chava.
Notable people
edit- Hawa Abdi, Somali doctor and activist
- Hawa Abdi Samatar, former First Lady of Somalia
- Hawa Singh, Indian boxer
Fictional characters
edit- Hawa (哈瓦), an Atayalic character in the Taiwanese television film Batu The Iron Fist (鐵拳巴圖).
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Oliver Leaman, The Qur'an: an encyclopedia, (Routledge: 2008), p.11