Afua

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.

Afua (also Efia) is the female name for babies born on a Friday (the male variant is Kofi).

Pronounced AH-foo-uh.

As of October 2026, Afua ranked #14619 for girls in US births in 2014 SSA, peaked at #6870 for girls in 1990.