Kwame
/ KWAH-may /
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- 🇬🇭 Ghana
- Religion
- Traditional
- First Seen
- —
- Trait
- Leader
Meaning & Etymology
Born on a Saturday.
An Akan kradin (soul / day name). Each day of the week has its own name; Kwame belongs to Saturday and is associated with God Ananse.
Cultural Context
Borne by Kwame Nkrumah, who led Ghana to independence in 1957 as the first sub-Saharan African colony to do so.
Famous People
Kwame Nkrumah
Politics · Ghana · b. 1909
First President of Ghana and a leading figure of Pan-Africanism.