Kwaku (Kweku, Kuuku, Korku, Kɔku, Kouakou), is an
Akan given name for male children born on Wednesday to the
Akan Akan may refer to:
People and languages
*Akan people, an ethnic group in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire
*Akan languages, a language group within the wider Central Tano languages
*Kwa languages, a language group which includes Akan
*Central Tano language ...
and
Ewe ethnic groups. Akan birthday names are associated with appellations that give an indication of the character of people born on such days.
Typical appellations for Kwaku are Atobi, Daaku or Bonsam meaning evil.
Origin and meaning of Kwaku
In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Kwaku originated from Wukuada and the Lord of Life's Sky (heavenly) Host deity of the day Wednesday.
Males named Kwaku can be mean-spirited and tenacious.
Male variants of Kwaku
Day names in Ghana vary in spelling among the various Akan subgroups. The name is spelled Kwaku by the Akuapem, Akyem, Bono, Akwamu and Ashanti subgroups while the Fante subgroup spell it as Kweku.
Female version of Kwaku
In the Akan culture and other local cultures in Ghana, day names come in pairs for males and females. The variant of the name used for a female child born on Wednesday is
Akua
Akua is an Akan female given name among the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti, Akuapem, Bono, Akwamu, Akyem, Fante) in Ghana that means "born on a Wednesday" in Akan language, following their day naming system. People born on particular days are supp ...
.
Notable people with the name Kwaku
Most Ghanaian children have their cultural day names in combination with their English or Christian names. Some notable people with such names are:
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Kwaku Boateng (born 1995), Canadian high-jumper
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Kwaku Sakyi Addo, Ghanaian radio journalist
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Kwaku Alston American photographer
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Kwaku Manu
Kwaku Manu (born March 6, 1984) is a Ghanaian actor, musician and presenter. In the year 2012 he released his first single ''E'nfa nhoahoa ho''.
Personal life
Kwaku Manu was born and raised in Obuasi, Ashanti Region Of Ghana. He is divorced and ...
(born 1984), Ghanaian actor
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Kwaku Sintim Misa (born 1956), Ghanaian actor
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Kwaku Duah (d. 1867), eighth king of the Ashanti Kingdom
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Kwaku Karikari (born 2002), Ghanaian footballer
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Rebop Kwaku Baah
Anthony "Rebop" Kwaku Baah (13 February 1944 – 12 January 1983) was a Ghanaian percussionist who worked with the 1970s rock groups Traffic and Can.
Biography
Baah was born in 1944 in Konongo, Gold Coast. In the Akan culture of Ghana, Kwa ...
(1944–1983), Ghanaian percussionist
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Kwaku
Kwaku (Kweku, Kuuku, Korku, Kɔku, Kouakou), is an Akan names, Akan given name for male children born on Wednesday to the Akan people, Akan and Ewe people, Ewe ethnic groups. Akan birthday names are associated with appellations that give an indi ...
, Antiguan and Barbudan
national hero
See also
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Ketikoti''
References
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Akan given names
Masculine given names