Kofi
Kofi is a boy name of Akan origin, meaning Born on a Friday.
What Kofi means
Born on a Friday.
Kofi is short — 4 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Kofi comes from
Akan naming includes day names, given according to the day of the week a child is born, alongside names marking circumstance and lineage.
Kofi is recorded as Akan in origin. Browse other Akan names.
How popular is Kofi?
Kofi is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Kofi is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
Names like Kofi
These share Kofi's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kwame — Born on a Saturday.
- Makena — The happy one.
- Kacper — Treasurer; bringer of treasure.
- Kai — The sea.
- Kaito — Ocean; to soar, to fly.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.
- Kenta — Healthy, strong, big.
- Klaus — Victory of the people.
- Adrian — Of the dark sea.
- Akira — Bright, clear.
- Alexander — Defender of the people.
- Anders — Manly, brave.