Kwebena as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Kwebena

What is the meaning of the name Kwebena ?

The baby name Kwebena is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced KWEH-BEH-nah (approx.); IPA: /kwɛˈbɛnə/.

Kwebena is Akan, Twi in Origin.

Kwebena is a Ghanaian Akan day name for a boy born on Tuesday. It reflects a dialectal or orthographic variant of the more widespread Kwabena, formed from the Akan weekday Benada (Tuesday) and the masculine prefix Kwa-, yielding the sense “male born on Tuesday.” The spelling with we signals Fante-influenced pronunciation patterns; pronunciations commonly approximate kweh-BEH-nah or kwa-BEH-nah. As a kradin (soul name), it emerges from the Akan system that assigns personal names according to the day of birth, a practice with deep precolonial roots that remains vital in contemporary Ghana and the diaspora.

Variants and related forms include Kwabena (standard Twi), Kobena and Kobina (Fante), Kwabina, and the Fante short form Ebo; diminutives such as Kobi or Kobby are common. The feminine counterpart is Abena. Kwebena is frequently paired with an English or Christian name and has seen renewed visibility in Pan-African and diasporic naming.

⚙ Kwebena is about as rare as a name gets. We hold just 8 recorded uses of it, from 1 country.