Kwasi

given name · Latin script

Meaning, in English: A male given name from Akan

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/kwɔsi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kwasi is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Ghana it is the 21st most common given name.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 266K(measured from records)
  • GYGuyana1 in 20K
  • NLNetherlands1 in 201K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,252 people, 2020

Sources
257 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 20K (inferred from the name graph)

Guyana

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Kwasi: a male given name from time

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

How Kwasi is read(measured from records)

Kwasi is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • English83%

    A male given name from Akan.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • Akan75%

    Kwasi: a male given name from time

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kwasi counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kwasi is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States—1,2521 in 266K1.2KKwasi257
NL Netherlands—861 in 201K86Kwasi15
ES Spain—731 in 685K73Kwasi25
SE Sweden—491 in 208K49—14
GY Guyana—371 in 20K37—2
IS Iceland—11 in 351K1——
GH Ghana#21——71KKwasi102

1,252 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Heuristic parse of ghanacitizenship.com; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kwasi is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Ghana, United States, Kuwait

    Also written Kwäsi

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kwasi is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • Born on Sunday

    as a nameThe book of African names

  • In Akan, pr, n, of a male person born on Sunday. Gr. § 41,4. Akwasiba, -wa, Akosua, jir. n. of a female born on Sunday

    as a wordDictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

  • In srn, a male given name from Akan, feminine equivalent Kwasiba, given to a male born on a Sunday

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Polish, third-person singular present of kwasić

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

192019401960198020002020Kwasi Wiredu, b. 1931Akwasi Afrifa, b. 1936Kwasi Owusu, b. 1947Kwasi Kwarteng, b. 1975Akwasi Frimpong, b. 1986Dan Agyei, b. 1997Kwasi Sibo, b. 1998Blessing Afrifah, b. 2003Elijah Krahn, b. 2003
  • Kwasi Wiredub. 1931GHGhanaian philosopher and author
  • Akwasi Afrifab. 1936GHnot in their usual namesoldier, politician, and former head of state of Ghana (1936-1979)
  • Kwasi Owusub. 1947GHGhanaian footballer (1947-2020)
  • Kwasi Kwartengb. 1975GBBritish politician (born 1975)
  • Akwasi Frimpongb. 1986GHnot in their usual nameGhanaian sportsman
  • Dan Agyeib. 1997GBnot in their usual nameassociation football player
  • Kwasi Sibob. 1998GHGhanaian association football player
  • Blessing Afrifahb. 2003ILnot in their usual nameIsraeli (naturalized citizen) sprinter of Ghanaian descent
  • Elijah Krahnb. 2003DEnot in their usual nameGerman footballer
  • Kwasi SonguiCACanadian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHi Kwasi,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 37 sources across 22 countries.

Official registers attesting Kwasi
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—25#73,378
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—25#71,513
NL NetherlandsCBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007)20079#65,415
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 4

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kwasi?
A machine transcription gives /kwɔsi/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Kwasi mean?
In English, A male given name from Akan.
Where does the name Kwasi come from?
Kwasi: a male given name from time Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Kwasi a male or female name?
Kwasi is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Kwasi?
In the etymology graph, Kwesi is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Kwasi have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.3 thousand people named Kwasi, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kwasi.
Where is Kwasi most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Kwasi is densest in Guyana — about 1 in 20 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Kwasi?
In the United States, the national register counted 1,252 people named Kwasi in 2020, about 1 in 266 thousand residents.
How common is Kwasi compared with other names?
In Ghana, Kwasi is the 21st most common given name of 14,081 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kwasi” — the 21st most common given name in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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