Ghanan Names that Start With Y

The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday). 
</br></br> Yaw is the male name for babies born on a Thursday (the female variant is Yaba).

The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday). 
</br></br> Yaba is the female name for babies born on a Thursday (the male variant is Yaw).

Ghanan Names that Start With Y

The names

Yaw

Yaba