'''Waata''' is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

*[[Waata Pihikete Kukutai]] (died 1867), New Zealand Māori tribal leader *[[Waata Roore Erueti]] (1868–1952), Tainui historian *[[Colleen Waata Urlich]] (1939–2015), New Zealand ceramicist

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