Ghanaian Akan Names
| Akan is a language of the Kwa branch of Niger-Congo spoken in much of
Ghana and parts of the Ivory Coast. Akan-speaking peoples include the Ashanti and Fanti. In Akan one of the names a person is given depends on his or her day of the week of birth, and the person's gender. Consequently there are only fourteen of these Akan names. You can use the following calculator to figure out the day of the week on which you were born. After you figure out your weekday of the birth you can use the following table to hear them spoken. |
| Day of the Week | Male | Female |
| Sunday | Kwesi | Esi |
| Monday | Kwodwo | Adwoa |
| Tuesday | Kobena | Abena |
| Wednesday | Kweku | Ekua |
| Thursday | Yaw | Yaa |
| Friday | Kofi | Efua |
| Saturday | Kwame | Ama |