Yaw is a boy's name of African origin meaning “born on a Thursday.” In 2024 it was given to 11 boys in the United States.
Yaw belongs to the African tradition. Its meaning — “born on a Thursday” — is the sense carried by its African roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yaw first appears in Social Security records in 1973. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3848 in 1978, and in 2024 11 babies received the name — 398 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yaw means “born on a Thursday” in its African roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yaw is a boy name. In 2024, 11 babies received the name in the US.
Yaw comes from the African tradition.
Yaw first appears in US records in 1973. Its best-ever ranking was #3848 in 1978, and 11 babies were given the name in 2024.
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