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Kwame

/KWAH-meh/Akan · a boy’s name

“Born on Saturday”

How to say it
KWAH-meh
Given to
Boys
Used in
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
How common
very common · also a surname
For a girl
Ama

Every way to write it

The name & its alternative spellings

KwameKwamena

From the same family

01Kwamewaa“A female Akan day-name variant associated with Saturday-born children.”Akanfemale→︎02Kwamina“A boy born on Saturday”Akanmale→︎