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Akua

/ah-KOO-ah/Akan · a girl’s name

“Born on Wednesday”

How to say it
ah-KOO-ah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
How common
very common · also a surname
For a boy
Kwaku

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

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