Jawara
Jawara is the English transcription of a surname of Manding origin. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Jawara
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Jawara is the English transcription of a surname of Manding origin. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Jawara
Jawara first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1971, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1992, when 21 Jawaras were born — ranking #3,105 that year. As of 2026, Jawara ranks #9,392 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 274 Jawaras have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Jawara
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- Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights
- Bomba Jawara , Sierra Leonean politician
- Dawda Jawara (1924-2019), prime minister and president of Gambia
- Jali Musa Jawara (aka Djeli Moussa Diawara; born 1962), Guinean musician
- Fatim Jawara , Gambia footballer
- Karamo Jawara (born 1991), Norwegian basketball player
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Names that sound like Jawara
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About the name Jawara
Jawara is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 274 births in the dataset. Jawara's peak popularity came in 1992 when it ranked #3,105. Use the chart and map above to compare Jawara'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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