Kawai is a girl's name of Japanese origin meaning “the and water.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Kawai belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “the and water” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Kawai first appears in Social Security records in 2016. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #17558 in 2016, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 5 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Kawai means “the and water” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Kawai is a girl name.
Kawai comes from the Japanese tradition.
Kawai first appears in US records in 2016. Its best-ever ranking was #17558 in 2016, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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