Girl name · Akan
Ama
“born on Saturday”
Vibes
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About the name
Ama is Saturday's girl, the feminine pair to Kwame. Saturday in Akan reckoning belongs to the supreme being and to the ancient one, and Saturday's children are associated with old souls. Kwame Nkrumah and Ama Ata Aidoo both carry the day.
Ama is short, vowel-open and shares its shape with names in half a dozen unrelated languages, which makes it one of the easiest Akan names to carry abroad. It sits outside the US top 1,000.
Too short to shorten. It takes a longer middle comfortably (Ama Josephine, Ama Beatrice). On our vibe map it is Cultural Fusion with a strong Modern Minimalist read.
More Akan names
Ama sits in our Akan set — these share its roots.
All Akan names →Ama — common questions
Is Ama a boy or girl name?
Ama is traditionally a girl name of Akan origin.
What does the name Ama mean?
Ama means “born on Saturday” of Akan origin. Ama is Saturday's girl, the feminine pair to Kwame. Saturday in Akan reckoning belongs to the supreme being and to the ancient one, and Saturday's children are associated with old souls. Kwame Nkrumah and Ama Ata Aidoo both carry the day.
Where does the name Ama come from?
Ama is Akan in origin. Ama is short, vowel-open and shares its shape with names in half a dozen unrelated languages, which makes it one of the easiest Akan names to carry abroad. It sits outside the US top 1,000.
How popular is Ama?
Ama did not make the top 1,000 girls' names in US Social Security Administration data for 2025, which makes it genuinely rare in the US.
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