Baby name
REVIVING
🇧🇷 Kaua
/KAH · wah/
Meaning
“Hawk or falcon”
Brazilian masculine name, from Tupi kawa'u meaning 'hawk' or 'falcon'; one of many indigenous bird names gaining popularity in modern Brazil.
Nicknames
none
Vibe
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How it ages.
Punchy and indigenous; fits the current Brazilian trend toward Tupi names.
The cultural moment.
Rising in Brazil from the 1990s onward; part of a broader revival of Tupi-origin names.