Around the globe, Wă (Wă 
) is a rare epicene forename. The first name Wă is characteristic of Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, where it is a rare mostly masculine, but infrequently feminine name, Tunisia, where it is a rare masculine name, and Morocco. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Northern Africa, particularly Algeria, Egypt, and Morocco. Much less frequently, Wă is the last name as well as the forename.