Mu'awiya I (died 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate from 661 to 680.
People Mu'awiya () is a male Arabic given name with a disputed meaning. Other notable bearers of this name include:
Mu'awiya II (661–684), third Umayyad caliph from 683 to 684 Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj, Umayyad commander and governor Mu'awiya ibn Hisham (died 737), Umayyad prince and commander Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya (born in 1941), president of Mauritania from 1984 to 2005
Places Mu'awiya, Basma, an Arab village in Israel