Kofi - Meaning of Kofi

What does Kofi mean?

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[ 2 syll. ko-fi, kof-i ] The baby boy name Kofi is also used as a girl name. It is pronounced as KOWFiy- †. Kofi is largely used in the African, Ewe, Fante, and Twi languages, and its origin is African-Akan. The name's meaning is boy born on Friday.

Afi (Twi), Kaffe, Kaffi, Kofea, Kofee, Kofey, Koffe, Koffie, Kofie, and Kofy are variants of Kofi.

Kof (contraction) is another variant of Kofi.

See also the related categories, ewe and akan.

Kofi is not regularly used as a baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Kofi include Kofee, Kofey, Kofie, Cofi, Cofie, Kaepo, Kafee, Kafey, Kaffi, Kafi, Kafie, Kafy, Kapo, Kappey, Kappi, Kappie, Kappy, Kaseab, Kaseeb, and Kaseib.

† English pronunciation for Kofi: K as in "key (K.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"

A famous person named Kofi is Politician, Kofi Annan, born 8 April 1938, Kumasi, Ghana.