Abenaa

The Akan people of Ghana frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These names have spread through West Africa, from Benin/Dahomey (Fon) and Togo (Ewe) to the Côte d'Ivoire (Baoulé), and throughout the African diaspora.

As examples, Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was so named for being born on a Saturday (Kwame) and being the ninth born (Nkrumah). Also, the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, was so named for being born on a Friday (Kofi).

In the official orthography of the Twi language, the Ashanti versions of these names as spoken in Kumasi are as follows. The diacritics on á a̍ à represent high, mid, and low tone (tone does not need to be marked on every vowel), while the diacritic on a̩ is used for vowel harmony and can be ignored. (Diacritics are frequently dropped in any case.) Variants of the names are used in other languages, or may represent different transliteration schemes. The variants mostly consist of different affixes (in Ashanti, kwa- or ko- for men and a- plus -a or -wa for women). For example, among the Fante, the prefixes are kwe- and e-, respectively. Akan d̩wo is pronounced something like English Joe, but there do appear to be two sets of names for those born on Tuesday.

Day born	Male name	Female name	Variants
Monday (Dwoada)	Kwadwó	Adjwóà	Kodjó, Kojo (pronounced Ko-n-joe), Jojo; Adjua, Adjoa, Ajwoba
Tuesday (Benada)	Kwabená	Ábenaa	Komlá, Komlã, Kobby, Ebo, Kobi Kobina; Araba, Ablá, Ablã, Abena, Abrema
Wednesday (Wukuada)	Kwakú	Akúà, Akuba	Koku, Kweku, kaku, Kuuku; Akú, Ekua
Thursday (Yawoada)	Yaw	Yaá	Yao, Yaba, Yawo, Yao, Ekow, Kow, Kwaw; Ayawa, Baaba, Yaaba, Aba
Friday (Fiada)	Kofí	Afúa	Koffi, Fiifi; Afí, Afía, Efia, Efua
Saturday (Memeneda)	Kwámè	Ám̀ma	Ato, Kwamena, Kwami, Komi; Ame, Ama, Amba, Ameyo
Sunday (Kwasiada)	Kwasí	Akósua	Kwesi, Siisi, Akwasi, Kosi; Akosi, Akosiwa, Así, Esi

There are also special names for elder and younger twins. The second twin to be born is considered the elder as they were mature enough to help their sibling out first.

Twin	Male name	Female name	Variants
Elder	Atá/Payin	Ataá	Atta
Younger	Atsú/Kakira	Kakira	Akwetee (m)

There are also names based on the order born, the order born after twins, and the order born after remarriage.

Order	Male name	Female name	Variants
First born	Berko		Abaka, Piesie, Kande (f)?
Second born	Manu
Third born	Mensa	Mansa	Mensah (m); Mansah (f)
Fourth born			Annan, Anane (m),
Fifth born			Anum
Sixth born			Nsia, Essien
Seventh born			Esson
Eight born			Awotwe
Ninth born			Akun, Ackon
Tenth born			Bedu
Last born	Kaakyire
Born afer twins	Tawiah		Kissa (f)?
First with a new husband

Other Names

• Seventh Born - Ansong
• Eighth Born - Awotwie
• Ninth Born - Nkrumah
• Tenth Born - Badu
• God-given - Nyamekye

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