Kwame

Qua-meh

Ghanaian, Akan

"born on Saturday"

Kwame Origin and Meaning

The name Kwame is a boy's name of African origin meaning "born on Saturday".

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).

Kwame is the name for boys born on a Saturday. (The name for girls born on a Saturday is Ama).

Kwame Rank in US Top 1000

# 947 in the US

Popularity of the name Kwame

• 1320 Nameberry 2023

Famous People Named Kwame

• Kwame Nkrumah 1st President of Ghana
• Kwame James Brown American basketball player
• Kwame Ayew Ghanaian footballer
• Kwame Watson Siriboe, American soccer player
• Kwame Harris Jamaican NFL football player
• Kwame Anthony Appiah British novelist and philosopher
• Kwame Holland American rapper and producer
• Kwame Kwei Armah (born Ian Roberts), British actor and playwright
• Kwame Touré (born Stokely Carmichael) Trinidadian,American civil rights leader
• Kwame Alexander American children's author

The name Kwame in Pop Culture

• Kwame O'Rielly character on British TV series "Metrosexuality"
• Kwame one of the Planeteers on animated series "Captain Planet"