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Kwame, Kwamé, Kouamé, Kwami, Kwamena, or Kwamina is a [[Twi]] and [[Akan name|Akan day name]] given to a boy born on a Saturday, originating in [[Ghana]]. |
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| ⚫ | '''Kwame''' is an [[Akan people|Akan]] masculine given name among the [[Akan people]] (i.e. [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]], [[Akuapem people|Akuapem]], [[Akyem]], [[Fante people|Fante]]) in [[Ghana]] that means "born on a Saturday" in [[Asante dialect|Akan language]], following their [[Akan names|day naming system]].<ref name=":0"/><ref name=":1"/> Variant spellings include '''Kwamé''', '''Kouamé''', '''Kwami''', '''Kwamena''', and '''Kwamina''', according to the various Akan subgroups.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-09|title='Day born names’ in Dagbani, Ewe and Fante|url=https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Day-born-names-in-Dagbani-Ewe-and-Fante-797733|access-date=2021-04-06|website=GhanaWeb|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> It is spelt Kwame by the Akuapem and Ashanti subgroups, while the Fante subgroup spell it as Kwamena or Kwamina.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":3" /> |
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'''Kwame''' is an [[Akan people|Akan]] masculine given name among the [[Akan people]] (i.e. [[Ashanti people|Ashanti]], [[Akuapem people|Akuapem]], [[Akyem]], [[Fante people|Fante]]) in [[Ghana]] that means "born on a Saturday" in [[Asante dialect|Akan language]], following their [[Akan names|day naming system]]. People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=(PDF) The Sociolinguistic of Akan Personal Names|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239815297_The_Sociolinguistic_of_Akan_Personal_Names|access-date=2021-04-06|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Kamunya|first=Mercy|date=2018-10-19|title=Akan names and their meanings|url=https://yen.com.gh/115080-akan-names-meanings.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.|language=en}}</ref> Kwame has the appellation Nyamewa or Adoma meaning creation and grace.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> |
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| ⚫ | People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=(PDF) The Sociolinguistic of Akan Personal Names|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239815297_The_Sociolinguistic_of_Akan_Personal_Names|access-date=2021-04-06|website=ResearchGate|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Kamunya|first=Mercy|date=2018-10-19|title=Akan names and their meanings|url=https://yen.com.gh/115080-akan-names-meanings.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Yen.com.gh - Ghana news.|language=en}}</ref> Kwame has the appellation Nyamewa or Adoma meaning creation and grace.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In the Akan culture, day names are derived from deities.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Last Name|first=First Name|date=2020|title=Title|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.21303/978-617-7319-30-5|doi=10.21303/978-617-7319-30-5}}</ref> Kwame originated from Koyame and the Akan day name God.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Akan Day Names and Their Embedded Ancient Symbolism|url=https://www.modernghana.com/lifestyle/8691/the-akan-day-names-and-their-embedded-ancient-symb.html|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Modern Ghana|language=en}}</ref> The name Kwame means extremes in fortune, health and spirituality; versatile, idealistic and intuitive.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kwame. What Does My Name Mean? Find Out!|url=http://www.sevenreflections.com/name/kwame/|access-date=2021-04-06|website=Seven Reflections|language=en}}</ref> Males named Kwame are reputed to be talented and good problem solvers.<ref name=":2" /> |
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== Origin and Meaning of Kwame == |
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== Male variant of Kwame == |
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== Female version of Kwabena == |
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People with this name include: |
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Revision as of 02:06, 6 April 2021
Kwame is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Fante) in Ghana that means "born on a Saturday" in Akan language, following their day naming system.[1][2] Variant spellings include Kwamé, Kouamé, Kwami, Kwamena, and Kwamina, according to the various Akan subgroups.[3][2] It is spelt Kwame by the Akuapem and Ashanti subgroups, while the Fante subgroup spell it as Kwamena or Kwamina.[1][3]
In the Akan culture and other local cultures in Ghana, day names come in pairs for males and females.[1] The variant of the name used for a female child born on Saturday is Ama.[1][2]
People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days.[1][2] Kwame has the appellation Nyamewa or Adoma meaning creation and grace.[1][2] In the Akan culture, day names are derived from deities.[4] Kwame originated from Koyame and the Akan day name God.[1][5] The name Kwame means extremes in fortune, health and spirituality; versatile, idealistic and intuitive.[6] Males named Kwame are reputed to be talented and good problem solvers.[4]
The most well-known bearer of the name was Kwame Nkrumah, President of Ghana and a founder of Pan-Africanism - mainly due to whom the name spread also to non-Ghanaians.
People with this name include:
- Kwame (Australian rapper)
- Kwame Alexander, American author
- Kwame Anthony Appiah, a Ghanaian-British philosopher of semantics and racism
- Kwame Awuah (born 1995), Canadian soccer player
- Kwame Brown, American former basketball player
- Kwame Dawes, Ghanaian poet currently living in America, managing editor of the Prairie Schooner literary journal
- Kwame Harris (born 1982), former American football player
- Kwamé Holland, an American rapper who enjoyed brief popularity during the golden age of hip hop, reemerged as a music producer named K1 Million
- Kwame Holman, American producer, correspondent, and congressional correspondent
- Kwame Kenyatta, an American politician
- Kwame Kilpatrick, former mayor of Detroit, Michigan
- Kwame Nkrumah (originally Francis Nwia Kofi Ngonloma), a Ghanaian politician (and for a time Life President) and one of the founders of Pan-Africanism
- Kwame Raoul, a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 13th district since 2004
- Kwame Somburu (Paul Boutelle), an American socialist political activist
- Kwame Tucker, a Bermudian cricketer
- Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), a Trinidadian-American black activist and leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Black Panther Party
- Kwamena Bartels, a Ghanaian politician and former government minister of the New Patriotic Party
- Kwamena Ahwoi, a Ghanaian politician who served as Minister for Local Government and Rural Development from 1990 to 2001 and Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1997
- Kwamina Ropapa Mensah, a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Nashville SC in the USL Championship
- Osei Kwame Panyin, eighteenth-century leader of the Ashanti Confederacy, in what is southern and central Ghana today
- Rich Kwame Amevor, Australian rapper
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "(PDF) The Sociolinguistic of Akan Personal Names". ResearchGate. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e Kamunya, Mercy (19 October 2018). "Akan names and their meanings". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b "'Day born names' in Dagbani, Ewe and Fante". GhanaWeb. 9 November 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ a b Last Name, First Name (2020). "Title". doi:10.21303/978-617-7319-30-5.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "The Akan Day Names and Their Embedded Ancient Symbolism". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
- ^ "Kwame. What Does My Name Mean? Find Out!". Seven Reflections. Retrieved 6 April 2021.
Fictional character
- Kwame (Captain Planet), a fictional character in the animated television series Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- Kwame, a fictional character in British television series I May Destroy You.
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