THE AKAN NAMING SYSTEM

Hello there! This is a web application that takes your birthday details and calculates the day of the week you were born and then depending on your gender, outputs your Akan Name. Akan names are derived from Ghanian culture. Frequently in Ghana, children are given their first name as a 'day name' which corresponds to the day in the week they were born.

To find out what your Akan name is, proceed to filling the form below and clicking the generate name button.






Your Akan name will be displayed below: