• Source: Kwabena

Kwabena is an Akan masculine given name among the Akan people (i.e. Ashanti, Akuapem, Akyem, Fante) in Ghana that means "born on a Tuesday" in Akan language, following their day naming system. People born on particular days are supposed to exhibit the characteristics or attributes and philosophy, associated with the days. Kwabena has the appellation Ogyam or Ebo meaning friendliness. Thus, males named Kwabena are supposed to be friendly.




Origin and meaning


In the Akan culture, day names are known to be derived from deities. Kwabena originated from Koyabeneda and the Lord of Life's Land Day. Males named Kwabena are known to be brave and considered as manly "obarima". They tend to be very smart, nurturing and achieve a balance between strength and compassion "ogyam"(brave).




Male variants


Day names in Ghana vary in spelling among the various Akan subgroups. The name is spelt Kwabena by the Akuapem and Ashanti subgroups while the Fante subgroup spell it as Kobina, Ebo and Kwamena.




Female version


In the Akan culture and other local cultures in Ghana, day names come in pairs for males and females. The variant of the name used for a female child born on Tuesday is Abena.




Notable people with the name


Most Ghanaian children have their cultural day names in combination with their English or Christian names. Some notable people with such names are:

Kwabena Agouda (born 1985), Ghanaian football (soccer) striker
Kwabena Bediako (born 1986), African-American chemist
Kwabena Joetex Asamoah Frimpong, Ghanaian football (soccer) player
Kwabena Darko, Ghanaian businessman and politician
Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Ghanaian cardiovascular surgeon
J. H. Kwabena Nketia (1921–2019), Ghanaian ethnomusicologist and composer
Roi Kwabena (1956–2008), Trinidadian cultural anthropologist
William Kwabena Tiero (born 1980), Ghanaian football player
Kwabena Boahen, Ghanaian-American professor of bioengineering at Stanford University
Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 1984), better known Dizzee Rascal, British grime and hip-hop artist
Kwabena Adjepong (born 1990), better known Kwabs, British singer-songwriter




References

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