Akanke - Meaning of Akanke

What does Akanke mean?

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Akanke

[ 3 syll. a-kan-ke, ak-a-nke ] The baby girl name Akanke is pronounced aa-Kae-NKEY- †. Akanke is of African-Yoruba origin and it is used largely in the African language. The meaning of the name is 'to know her is to pet her'.

See also the related category yoruba.

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

Baby names that sound like Akanke include Aakanksha, Achaana, Achimah, Aenhoa, Aenhoah, Agnesa (Armenian, Czech, German, and Italian), Agnesca (Italian), Agnese (Italian and Latvian), Agneska (Czech), Agnieska (Polish), Agniya (Lithuanian), Aheamsa, Aheemsa, Aheimsa, Ahisma, Ajana, Ajena, Akasma, Akona, and Akonna.

† 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)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)"