This is the first automatic name every Akan child gets based on the day he/she was born even before he/she is officially named. Except in few cases, this first name is not tampered with. The Akans call it kradin (lit.) ‘souls name’ and they believe that this is a name that a person’s soul offers him/her.
The Akan people of Ghana frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born.
Akan names are derived from Ghanian culture. Get your Akan name by filling the form below!
Names are based on gender and the date you were born.
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Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds to the day in the week they were born.