Given name & surname · also Polish
Kawa
“jackdaw”
Kawa is a surname from Polish (ultimately Japanese). It is used in English, Polish, and Northern Kurdish.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kawa goes back to Polish Kawa, meaning “jackdaw.”
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Where it comes from
Kawa comes from Polish, and ultimately from Japanese.
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How it developed
From Polish Kawa, from Proto-Slavic *kavъka, from Japanese かわ.
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Kawa’s family of names
Kawa may belong to the same name family as KAWWA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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