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Akan
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Kofi
/KOH-fee/
Akan
· a boy’s name
“Born on Friday”
How to say it
KOH-fee
Given to
Boys
Used in
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
How common
very common · also a surname
For a girl
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Every way to write it
The name & its alternative spellings
Kofi
Fiifi
From the same family
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Kofiwaa
“A female Friday-born Akan day-name variant.”
Akan
female
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