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Akanke - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Akanke

[ syll. a-kan-ke, ak-a-nke ] The girl name Akanke is pronounced aaKAENK- KEY. Akanke has its origins in the African-Yoruba language. The meaning of the name is 'to know her is to pet her'.

Akanke is irregularly used as a baby girl name. It is not listed in the top 1000.

Baby names that sound like Akanke include Agnes (Dutch, English, German, and Scandinavian), Agnese (Italian and Latvian), Agness (English), Agnesse (Russian), Agnès (Catalan and French), Agnus (English), Asong (Twi), Ágnes (Hungarian), Agnesa (Czech, German, and Italian), Agneska (Czech), Agnessa (English, Russian, and Slavic), Agnieska (Polish), Agnieszka (Polish), Asenka (Latvian and Russian), and Assunção (Portuguese).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Akanke: AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Akanke