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Ababio

Akan · First name · unisex · birth circumstance

From aba ("has come") + bio ("again"): "has come again." Given to a child born after an older sibling died, understood as that child returned.

Source: Akan reincarnation naming, cross-referenced across Wikipedia (Ababio), wisdomlib, and independent Ghanaian naming guides

Other Akan first names

Given to a girl born on Tuesday, the female counterpart to Kwabena.

Given to a girl born on Monday, the female counterpart to Kwadwo. Also spelled Adjoa.

Given to a girl born on Friday, the female counterpart to Kofi. Also spelled Afia or Efua.

Given to a girl born on Sunday, the female counterpart to Kwasi. Sunday's day-spirit is associated with the universe as a whole.

Given to a girl born on Wednesday, the female counterpart to Kwaku.

Given to a girl born on Saturday, the female counterpart to Kwame.

The fourth-born child.

A male twin. The set is completed by Panyin (the elder) and Kakra (the younger).

A female twin (female form of Ata).

The younger of a pair of twins, from kakra ("small, junior"). Paired with Panyin.

Given to a boy born on Friday. Friday's day-spirit is associated with growth and fertility.

Given to a boy born on Tuesday. Tuesday's day-spirit is associated with the ocean. Also spelled Kobina.

Given to a boy born on Monday. Monday's day-spirit is associated with peace. Also spelled Kojo.

Given to a boy born on Wednesday. Wednesday's day-spirit is associated with the trickster spider Ananse, the central figure of Akan folktales. Also spelled Kweku.

Given to a boy born on Saturday. Saturday's day-spirit is associated with the Supreme Being. Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was born on a Saturday.

Given to a boy born on Sunday. In Akan day-name tradition, each day of the week carries its own spiritual character; Sunday's is associated with the universe as a whole. Also spelled Kwesi.

The second-born daughter. Male form: Manu.

The third-born daughter. Male form: Mensa.

The second-born son. Female form: Maanu.

The third-born son. Female form: Mansa. This is the origin of the surname Mensah.

The ninth-born child (also Akron). Best known as the surname of Kwame Nkrumah — Kwame for a Saturday birth, Nkrumah for being the ninth child.

From Nyame ("God") + kyɛ ("to give, a gift"): "gift from God." Given to a child born after a long wait or prolonged childlessness.

The elder of a pair of twins, from panyin ("senior, elder"). Paired with Kakra.

The first-born child. Literally "erupting from an anthill," from pie ("burst out of a place") + sie ("anthill").

The child born immediately after a set of twins.

Given to a girl born on Thursday, the female counterpart to Yaw.

Given to a boy born on Thursday. Thursday's day-spirit is associated with the earth. Also spelled Yao or Ekow.

More birth circumstance names, from other cultures

Badara · Fulani

Traditionally given for being born under a full moon; associated with brightness and auspiciousness.

Given to a child whose mother died.

Given to a child whose father died before the naming ceremony. The name is explained as "did not meet the father to receive joy".

A child born immediately after twins.

Namasiku · Lozi

Lozi for "born at night".

Ntukai · Maasai

Given to a child born during the rainy season.

Boonayyaa · Oromo

Given for a birth during the dry season.

Galgaloo · Oromo

Given for a birth in the evening (galgala, "evening").

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