Weekday name
Glossary · Last updated: 2026-07-26
Akan cultures traditionally give names based on the weekday of birth. Male and female names differ. Kwaku and Akua for Wednesday, Kofi and Afua for Friday, Kwame and Ama for Saturday, and so on.
Day-soul (kra) lore adds spiritual weight to the weekday. Our Akan card shows the weekday name pair for your Gregorian birth date.
Diaspora use
Weekday names remain common in Ghana and global Akan communities. Spelling variants (Kwame vs Cwame) reflect dialect and colonial orthography.
Related
Main reading and tools
These are the main reading and calculator pages. Use them for a daily note, a birth-sign tool, or a pair check.
- Today's Horoscope hubAll twelve Western sun-sign daily pages, plus links into the seven-tradition reader.
- Horoscope & Zodiac CompatibilityTwo birth dates for Western, Chinese, and Vedic folk pairing, plus every sun-sign hub.
- Zodiac Sign CalculatorWestern sun sign from birth date, with element, modality, and ruler.
- Vedic Rising Sign CalculatorLagna estimate when you have birth date, time, and place.
- Vedic Moon Sign CalculatorJanma Rashi and nakshatra when birth time and city are available.