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Akua

Ga · First name · female · day name

Given to a girl born on Wednesday, in the Ga day-name system.

Source: Ga day-naming tradition, cross-referenced across Ghana News Agency ("Sustaining the Ga Tradition") and ghanaweb.com's "GA Naming Pattern" page

Other Ga first names

Given to a girl born on Thursday, in the Ga day-name system (a distinct tradition from, but related to, the Akan and Ewe day-name systems).

Given to a girl born on Tuesday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a girl born on Friday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a child whose mother died.

Given to a girl born on Monday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a girl born on Sunday, in the Ga day-name system.

An alternative name for a twin girl.

Given to a twin girl. In a boy-and-girl pair she is Akweley and her brother is Oko; two twin girls are Akweley and Akuorkor.

Given to a girl born on Saturday, in the Ga day-name system.

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

Given to the firstborn daughter.

Given to a boy born on Tuesday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a boy born on Friday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a boy born on Monday, in the Ga day-name system (a distinct tradition from, but related to, the Akan and Ewe day-name systems).

Given to a boy born on Wednesday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a boy born on Saturday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a boy born on Thursday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a boy born on Sunday, in the Ga day-name system.

Given to a twin boy — in a boy-girl pair, paired with Akweley.

Given to the child born immediately after a set of twins.

Given to the firstborn son. One of the most common Ga family names, carried on from this birth-order origin.

More day names, from other cultures

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.

Altine · Hausa

Born on a Monday, from the Hausa Litinin ("Monday").

Born on a Saturday, from the Hausa Asabar ("Saturday"). Female counterpart of Danasabe.

From mgbe ("time, day") + Eke: "on Eke day" — the female counterpart of Nweke, a girl born on Eke.

From nwa ("child") + Eke (the first of the four Igbo market days): "child of Eke" — a boy born on Eke day.

Hamisi · Swahili

Born on a Thursday (Alhamisi), from Arabic al-khamis, "the fifth". Also spelled Khamisi.

Juma · Swahili

Born on a Friday (Ijumaa), the day of congregational prayer — from Arabic jumu'a. One of the most common Swahili male names.

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