Akan names
27 names from the Akan naming tradition, each with its meaning, origin, pronunciation and how it is seen around the world.
- AbenaGirlThe Akan day name automatically given to a girl born on a Tuesday.
- AdwoaGirlThe Akan day name automatically given to a girl born on a Monday.
- AfuaGirlThe Akan day name automatically given to a girl born on a Friday.
- AkosuaGirlThe Akan day name automatically given to a girl born on a Sunday.
- AkuaGirlThe Akan day name automatically given to a girl born on a Wednesday.
- AmaGirlThe Akan day name automatically given to a girl born on a Saturday.
- Anan (Akan)UnisexIn Akan naming custom, the birth-order name set aside for a family's fourth child.
- AnansiBoyFrom Akan (Twi) ananse, "spider".
- AwotwiUnisexAn Akan birth-order name given to the eighth child in a family, kept the same for a son or a daughter.
- BaakoUnisexThe Twi word for "one", used as a birth-order name for a family's first child.
- BerkoBoyAn Akan name recorded for a family's firstborn son, separate from the numeral-based birth-order names.
- DubakuUnisexThe Twi compound "ten-one", used as a birth-order name for a family's eleventh child.
- EnuUnisexThe Twi numeral "five", used as a birth-order name for a family's fifth child.
- EsiGirlA day name meaning "born on Sunday", given to Fante girls under the Akan weekday-naming custom.
- KofiBoyA day name meaning "born on Friday", one of the seven weekday names Akan parents give a child.
- KwabenaBoyA day name meaning "born on Tuesday", given to Akan boys under the weekday-naming custom.
- KwadwoBoyA day name meaning "born on Monday", given to Akan boys under the weekday-naming custom.
- KwakuBoyA day name meaning "born on Wednesday", given to Akan boys under the weekday-naming custom.
- KwameBoyA day name meaning "born on Saturday", given to Akan boys under the weekday-naming custom.
- KwasiBoyA day name meaning "born on Sunday", given to Akan boys under the weekday-naming custom.
- Nana (Akan)UnisexFrom the Akan language: a word used as a royal title, signifying leadership and authority.
- NkrumaUnisexThe Twi numeral "nine", used as a birth-order name for a family's ninth child.
- NsiaUnisexThe Twi numeral "six", used as a birth-order name for a family's sixth child.
- NsonowaUnisexA Twi birth-order name built on the numeral "seven", given to a family's seventh child.
- ThemaGirlFrom the Twi ɔhemaa, "queen mother", shortened into a given name usually glossed as "queen".
- YaaGirlAn Akan day name given to a girl born on Thursday, matched with the boy's name Yaw.
- YawBoyAn Akan day name given to a boy born on Thursday, matched with the girl's name Yaa.