The baby name Adwoah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ədˈwɔə/ — respelling: ad-WOH-ah (commonly heard as AD-jwa or ah-JWOH-ah).
Adwoah is Akan in Origin.
The baby name Adwoah is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: /ədˈwɔə/ — respelling: ad-WOH-ah (commonly heard as AD-jwa or ah-JWOH-ah).
Adwoah is Akan in Origin.
Adwoah is a Ghanaian Akan (Twi/Fante) feminine day name derived from Adwoa, given to girls born on Monday. It comes from the Akan kradin system, where each weekday corresponds to a soul name and virtue; the root dwo means “calm, peace,” so Adwoah carries associations of peacefulness and composure. In traditional usage across Ashanti, Fante, and Akuapem communities, the name marked a child’s weekday birth and spiritual identity, and it remains common in Ghana and among the diaspora.
Adwoah represents a nonstandard diasporic spelling of Adwoa; frequent variants include Adwoa, Adjoa, Ajua, Adjua, and Adjoah. The male counterpart is Kwadwo/Kojo (also Cudjoe). Contemporary practice often pairs the day name with a Christian or Arabic first name, or uses Adwoa/Adwoah as either given or middle name. Meaning: “Monday-born; peaceful, calm.”
Adwoah is a rare name. There are only 31 recorded uses of it in our data, from 2 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH | 0 | #241 | 8 | 5,396 | |
| GH | Girls | 0 | #303 | 22 | 6,973 |
| ZA | 0 | #474 | 1 | 14,421 |
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