Awa (given name)

Awa is an African feminine given name derived from Eve

Awa Marie Coll Seck
Awa Dioum-Ndiaye, Senegalese retired female track and field athlete
Awa Fam, Spanish basketball player
Awa Gueye, Senegalese women's basketball player
Awa Santesson-Sey, Swedish singer

Hawa

Hawa Ghasia, Tanzanian politician
Hawa Yakubu, 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'.