Akan Baby Names, Appellations and Meaning - A-list
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Every culture is unique in some way, the Akan tribe in Ghana, La Cote d'Voire and part of Southern America have every rich culture concerning the names given to their children.
The Akan baby name series on my website is the biggest compilation of Akan baby names, their meanings and appellations. Find the name in your left column and corresponding meanings on the right column.
Aba
Aba is a Fante baby name for a girl born on Thursday. The Asante twi version of the name is "Yaa or Yaayaa". You can also use "Baaba, Aba Kɔba and Aba-Yaa".
The appellation for Aba or Yaa is "Busuo" and it is responded with "Awo" It means "Brave"
Abaasa
A third born son of a Fante decent. In Twi it is "Ansah"
Ababio
Ababio is a family name, a title name and circumstantial name. Ababio means "Returns". When used as a title it serve as appellation on a chief or a king who sits on a stool of an ancestor. As a circumstantial name, parent who believe that certain fortune recorded in the family years ago has returned or has been repeated as a result of a birth of child may choose to name that child Ababio
Abam
A third born after a twin. Abam means "Embrace or family Bond or Unity"
Aban
Aban is a fante family name. It means "Ruler"
Abankwah
Fante family name. Abankwah means "Land of order"
Abeiku
A baby born on Wednesday. It is a Fanti name with appellation "Bonsam (evil)" and response "Aku". Similar names "Kweku, Kwaku, Akua, Ekua, Kuuku, Kuu"
Abebrese (Abɛbrɛsɛ)
A circumstantial name or a surname. Abebrese means "Misfortune" Some years ago among the Akan, it was believed that families who experienced succeeding death of children can negative names to new bone babies to aid in receiving luck. Abebrese is an example of such names.
Abena
A name for a baby girl born on Tuesday. Appellation for Abena is "Kosua, Nimo" and response is "Abra" It means "Friend". Similar names are Kobena, Kwabena, Ebo.
Aboah
Family name. Aboah means "Helper". Similar name Yeboah
Abora
Is an appellation for Kwakyewaa. Abora as an appellation, over times turned to be used as family names due to the culture of the Akan in naming. The Akan also inherit names from other prominent relatives. To be able to understand this let me discuss this briefly below.
In this case given a scenario where a relative is known as "Abena Nimo" when a baby is named after her and that child is born on Thursday, she can't be called "Yaa Abena Nimo". The parent will drop "Abena" and maintain "Nimo" which in next immediate generation becomes a family name instead of an appellation.
In this case given a scenario where a relative is known as "Abena Nimo" when a baby is named after her and that child is born on Thursday, she can't be called "Yaa Abena Nimo". The parent will drop "Abena" and maintain "Nimo" which in next immediate generation becomes a family name instead of an appellation.
Abrafi
Asante Family name for a girl. Literally, means "Basket"
Abrefa
Abrefa is Bono name for males. Meaning is not known. Comment the meaning below.
Abro (AbrÉ”)
Abro means an European
Abrokwaah
Means Village of a whiteman. "Kwaah" means a farmland while Abro was a literal name for the European traders during the colonial days.
Abronama
A pigeon. literally means "European Bird". This is because the europeans brought pigeons to the Akan lands.
Addai
An Asante Family Name and circunstantial name for a child born on "Akwasidea or Awukudae". Appellation is "Mununkum" maening cloud
Adom
Means Grace. A baby boy name. A girl is Adomah
Adomako
Asante baby name for boy. It means Exalted
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