Yawo is an Ewe name for females born on Thursday. Variant Thursday female names include Yawa, Awo, Awotor
This naming pattern is found among the Ewe people in all West African countries that have their presence including Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Cote D'Ivoire etc
Ewes name their children Yawo, Yawo, Awo or Awotor, not Akans.
The one who brings rain.
This is a Xhosa name that is given to a child (mostly a boy) who, at the time of his birth, brought some rain. It is mostly when there was a drought and it started raining after the child was born.
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