Was - Meaning of Was

What does Was mean?

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Was

[ 1 syll. was, wa-s ] The baby boy name Was is pronounced as WAAZ †. The origin of Was is Arabic. Was is a short form of the name Wasim (Arabic).

See also the related category arabic.

Was is rarely used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Was include Wagg, Waik, Wake, Walk, Wash, Washee, Wayke, Weis, Weise, Weiss, Weisse, Wesh, Wess, Weys, Weyse, Weyss, Whis, Wic, Wick, and Wies.

† English pronunciation for Was: W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)"