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Asantewaa

/ah-SAN-teh-wah/Akan · a girl’s name

A genuine Akan female name, famously borne by Yaa Asantewaa, the Asante queen mother and resistance leader.

How to say it
ah-SAN-teh-wah
Given to
Girls
Used in
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
How common
uncommon · also a surname

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

Asantewaa

Nicknames & short forms

Waa

From the same family