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Jawana
How to Pronounce Jawana
Pronounced jah-WAH-nah /dสษหwษ.nษ/Low
Meaning: Jawana is an invented African-American name pairing the popular Ja- prefix with the -wana sound of Wanda, a name from a Slavic root, valued chiefly for its flowing sound.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880โpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Jawana comes from the creative strain of African-American naming that builds new names from favored prefixes and familiar endings, here the Ja- opening and a Wanda-like close. Its appeal is musical rather than dictionary-based.
The name was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak, and its use was brief. A girl named Jawana from around nineteen-eighty would be in her mid-forties today. It reads as a distinctive coinage of its moment.
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What does the name Jawana mean?
It is a coined American name joining the Ja- prefix with the -wana sound of Wanda.
How do you pronounce Jawana?
It is said jah-WAH-nah /dสษหwษ.nษ/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Jawana a boy or girl name?
Jawana is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jawana?
It has always been rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies.