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Haw “enclosure”
Haw is a given name from Old English, meaning “enclosure.” It is used in English and Tagalog.
At a glance
Popularity score No recent data Boys and girls Leans boys
63.6% boysBased on U.S. population records 36.4% girls
People named Haw in the U.S. Rare About 30 to 300 people. Estimated from birth records for children and population records for adults.
Interest on PerfectNameFinder Not yet scored Not enough visits yet to score. Every read and save counts toward it. Meaning & origin How it developed In English usage, Haw is a diminutive of Harry.
Haw’s family of names In English usage, Haw is a diminutive of Harry. In English usage, Haw as a surname shares an earlier linguistic root with Haig. In English usage, Haw has a related form in HAWE.
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Haw Harry Hau Hawken Jao Hawe Caw Haig Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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Nicknames & forms 6 Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1 Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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About this profile. Meanings and origins are drawn from historical dictionaries and reference works, including Wiktionary; where interpretations differ, we say so. Popularity comes from U.S. Social Security birth records, 1880–2025. Famous namesakes come from Wikidata. Related names are linked through documented relationships; likely links are labeled as such.