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Yaw

Meaning — An Akan name meaning "born on Thursday" — the Akan day-name for a boy born on Thursday. Thursday's children (Yaw for boys, Yaa for girls) are associated in Akan belief with the qualities of persistence and the ability to work through difficulties.·Akan origin·Male·YAH-oo

Yaw A name rooted in the day of the week gives Yaw an elemental simplicity — the character is named for a fact about the world rather than a quality or aspiration. In fiction characters named Yaw often have a no-nonsense directness that mirrors the plainness of their name, people who prefer action to speech and whose reliability comes precisely from this uncomplicated groundedness.

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Variations & nicknames

YawKwao

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Yaw AsanteYaw MensahYaw BoatengYaw OseiYaw Owusu

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