Kwame

Kwame is a male name .

Origin and meaning

The name Kwame comes from the Akan language in West Africa and means "the one born on Saturday".

Name bearer

First name

• Kwame Addo-Kufuor (* 1940), Ghanaian politician
• Kwame Amoateng (* 1987), Swedish soccer player of Ghanaian origin
• Kwame Anthony Appiah (* 1954), American philosopher
• Kwame Ayew (* 1973), Ghanaian soccer player
• Kwame Baah (1938–1997), Ghanaian politician
• Kwame Brown (* 1982), American basketball player
• Kwame Gyekye (1939–2019), Ghanaian philosopher
• Kwame Harris (* 1982), American football player
• Kwame Karikari (* 1992), Ghanaian soccer player
• Kwame Kilpatrick (* 1970), American politician
• Kwame Mawuena (* 1992), Togolese football player
• Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972), Ghanaian politician
• Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong (* 1974), Ghanaian ski racer
• Kwame Nsor (* 1992), Ghanaian soccer player
• Kwame Steede (* 1980), Bermuda football player
• Kwame Toure ( Stokely Carmichael; 1941–1998), Guinean civil rights activist of American origin
• Kwame Yeboah (* 1994), Australian soccer player

as an intermediate name

• Edward Kwame Wiredu (~ 1934–2008), Ghanaian lawyer and politician

family name

• Kusi Kwame (* 1989), German-Ghanaian soccer player

See also

• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
• Akan first name

Web links

• Kwame on en.wiktionary.org (Engl.)