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2. Akan names - Wikipedia

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   Akan names. The Akan people of Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire and Togo frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. These "day names" have further meanings concerning the soul and character of the person. Middle names have considerably more variety and can refer to their birth order, twin ...

3. Ghanaian name - Wikipedia

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   Ghanaian names (or personal names in Ghana) consist of several given names and surnames based on the language of ethnic groups in Ghana: including Akan, Mole-Dagombas, Ga, Ewe and Nzema. Frequently, children are given a "day name" which corresponds to the day in the week when they were born. These day names have further meanings concerning the ...

4. Category:African given names - Wikipedia

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   African feminine given names‎ (2 C, 19 P) H. Hausa given names‎ (1 P) I. Igbo given names‎ (12 P) M. African masculine given names‎ (4 C, 66 P)

5. African-American names - Wikipedia

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   With the rise of the 1960s civil rights movement and the wider counterculture of the 1960s, there was a dramatic rise in African-American names of various origins. Jean Twenge believes that the shift toward unique black-American baby names is also the result of a trend in America that values individuality over conformity. [5]

6. Yoruba name - Wikipedia

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   Baby names often come from the grandparents and great grandparents of the child to be named. The name traditionally divined by the Babaláwo indicates the Òrìṣà that guides the child and whether the child is a reincarnated ancestor and the destiny of the child and the spiritual entities that will assist the child in achieving it.

7. Ama (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Ama (given name) Ama is an Akan feminine given name originating from the Akan people following their day naming system, meaning "born on Saturday". [1] [2] [3] Day names are a cultural practice of the Akan people of Ghana. It is practised by all the subgroups of the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Fante) who follow traditional ...

8. Category:African masculine given names - Wikipedia

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   Yoruba masculine given names‎ (1 P) Pages in category "African masculine given names" The following 66 pages are in this category, out of 66 total.

9. Zuri (given name) - Wikipedia

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   Zuri is a given name of Swahili origin meaning “beautiful.”. [ 1] It has been among the 1,000 most popular names for newborn girls in the United States since 2010 and among the top 300 names since 2018. [ 2] Zuri was among the five most popular names for Black newborn girls in the American state of Virginia in 2022.