Yaw (name)

Yaw is a masculine given name originating from the Akan people and their day naming system, meaning born on a Thursday.

• Yaw Antwi (born 1985), Ghanaian footballer playing in Serbia
• Yaw Amankwah Mireku (born 1979), Ghanaian footballer
• Yaw Asante (born 1991), Ghanaian footballer playing in Italy
• Yaw Berko (born 1980), Ghanaian footballer playing in Tanzania
• Yaw Danso (born 1989), Ghanaian footballer playing in Puerto Rico
• Yaw Fosu-Amoah (born 1981), South African long jumper
• Yaw Frimpong (born 1986), Ghanaian footballer playing in Congo
• Yaw Ihle Amankwah (born 1988), Ghanaian footballer playing in Norway
• Yaw Osafo-Marfo, (born 1942) Ghanaian politician and former minister for Education and Finance
• Yaw Preko (born 1974), Ghanaian former international footballer

• George Yaw Boakye (1937–1979), Ghanaian airman and politician
• Eugene Yaw (born 1943), American politician
• Joachim Yaw (born 1973), Ghanaian former international footballer and Olympic medalist
• Lawrence Henry Yaw Ofosu-Appiah (1920–1990), Ghanaian academic and director of the Encyclopedia Africana
• Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah (born 1964), Ghanaian boxer and former world champion
• Nicholas Yaw Boafo Adade, Ghanaian former supreme court judge
• Paul Yaw Addo (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer playing in Norway
• Samuel Yaw Adusei, Ghanaian politician
• William Yaw Obeng (born 1983), Ghanaian former American football offensive lineman