Discover your Ghanian Name

Heey! Did you know that naming is one of the greatest aspects of African culture. In Ghana,a child is named based on the day of the week he or she is born.Such naming is referred to as Akan Names.

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This web application takes a user's birthday and calculates the day of the week they were born.Depending with your gender, the web app then assigns you an Akan Name. Akan names are derived from Ghanian culture.

Discover Name

  Female

• Sunday: Akosua
• Monday: Adwoa
• Tuesday: Abenaa
• Wednesday: Akua
• Thursday: Yaa
• Friday: Afua
• Saturday: Ama

   Male

• Sunday: Kwasi
• Monday: Kwadwo
• Tuesday: Kwabena
• Wednesday: Kwaku
• Thursday: Yaw
• Friday: Kofi
• Saturday: Kwame