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Akan
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Kwamina
/kwah-MEE-nah/
Akan
· a boy’s name
“A boy born on Saturday”
How to say it
kwah-MEE-nah
Given to
Boys
Used in
Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire
How common
common · also a surname
From the same family
01
Kwame
“Born on Saturday”
Akan
male
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02
Kwamewaa
“A female Akan day-name variant associated with Saturday-born children.”
Akan
female
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