Kwame
See also: kwame
English
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Etymology
[edit]An ancient and traditional Akan day-name meaning "born on Saturday". Popularized in the 1960s when Kwame Nkrumah was the Prime Minister of Ghana.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈkwɑː.meɪ/
- Rhymes: -ɑːmeɪ
Proper noun
[edit]Kwame
- A male given name from Akan, given to a male child born on a Saturday; variant forms Kwamé, Kouamé, Kwami, Kwamena, Kwamina.
- 2025 June 5, “ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL, STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL CONTINUE FIGHT TO DEFEND BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP”, in Office of the Illinois Attorney General[1], archived from the original on 7 September 2025:
- Attorney General Kwame Raoul defended birthright citizenship in the ongoing multistate lawsuit against the Trump administration’s executive order purporting to redefine birthright citizenship to exclude certain children born to non-citizen parents.