Worldwide, Yaa (يا 
, Yaa 
, יאא) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name Yaa is habitual in Iraq, where it is quite a common epicene name, Ghana, where it is quite a common predominantly girly, but very seldom masculine name, and Lebanon, where it is quite a common gender-neutral name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Iraq, Ghana, and Egypt. Much less frequently, Yaa is the last name as well as the forename.
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| يا | Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Lebanon, Syria |
| Yaa | Myanmar, India, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya |
| yaa akyaa Queen mother of the Ashanti kingdom (b. 1840) |
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| yaa asantewa Ashanti Queen Mother and military leader, GH (b. 1840) |
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yaa gyasi Ghanaian-American novelist, GH (b. 1989) |
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yaa yaa Ghanaian singer, GH (b. 1990) |
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| yaa ntiamoa-baidu Ghanaian zoologist and environmental specialist, GH (b. 1951) |
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| yaa aboagyewa kumah-crystal bioinformatician |
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| yaa o haber researcher |
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| yaa pono Musician, GH |
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| yaa oppong researcher (ORCID 0000-0002-9367-2951) |
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| yaa e a oppong researcher (ORCID 0000-0001-6469-6738) |
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| yaa mawufemor akubia reseacher in New Zealand |
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| yaa ntiamoa-baidu researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-3915-3341 |
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| yaa nyarko agyeman researcher |
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| yaa avoe association football player, GH (b. 1982) |
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| yaa jackson Ghanaian singer and actress, GH |
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