Hiwot
Hiwot Ayalew Yimer is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner whose speciality is the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth.
- Amharic
Meaning & Origin of Hiwot
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hiwot Ayalew Yimer is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner whose speciality is the 3000 metres steeplechase. She represented Ethiopia in the event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Amharic
The Story of Hiwot
The earliest SSA record of Hiwot as a baby girl name dates back to 2005, when 5 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Hiwot — #13,924 in the national rankings. About 71% of every Hiwot on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Hiwot last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 17 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Hiwot
Hiwot is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2005 and has accumulated 17 births in the dataset. Hiwot's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #13,924. Use the chart and map above to compare Hiwot's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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