Awa (given name)

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


 * Awa Marie Coll Seck
 * Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (born 1961), Senegalese retired female track and field athlete
 * 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'.