Akan Names

Akan names are derived from Ghanian culture. Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds to the day in the week they were born.The intention of this web application is to take a user's birthday and calculate the day of the week they were born and then depending on their gender outputs their Akan Name.

Below is how the names are given:

For males;

  1. Sunday-Kwasi
  2. Monday-Kwadwo
  3. Tuesday-Kwabena
  4. Wednesday-Kwaku
  5. Thursday-Yaw
  6. Friday-Kofi
  7. Saturday-Kwame

For females;

  1. Sunday-Akosua
  2. Monday-Adwoa-
  3. Tuesday-Abenoa
  4. Wednesday-Akua
  5. Thursday-Yaa
  6. Friday-Afua
  7. Saturday-Ama

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