PeopleWest Africa

🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Eʋeawó)

People of the Volta region; strong drumming societies and naming rites.

🇬🇭 Ghana🇹🇬 Togo🇧🇯 BeninEʋegbe

Customs they practice

1 recorded rite, each with its steps and its WHY.

Birth & namingAI-aggregated

Outdooring · the Akan and Ga eighth-day naming

On the eighth day the newborn is brought outdoors for the first time, shown to the sky and community, and given names including the day name that every Akan and Ga person carries.

🇬🇭 🇨🇮 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Akan · Ga · Ewe

Names from this tradition

10 names in the decoder, meaning first.

Dzifa

peace

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Senyo

charity

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Adzo

peaceful one

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Kwami

born on Sunday

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Yawa

born on Thursday

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Komla

peacemaker

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Togbe

chieftain

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Sename

gift

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Amegbe

peaceful sea

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Mawusi

in the rain

Given name🇬🇭 🇹🇬 🇧🇯Ewe (Ghana, Togo)

Kin & neighbours

🇳🇬 🇧🇯Yoruba (Yorùbá)🇳🇬 🇳🇪Hausa 🇬🇭 🇨🇮Akan (Asante, Fante and kin)🇬🇭Ga (Gamei)🇳🇬Igbo (Ndi Igbo)🇳🇬 🇳🇪Fulani (Fulɓe)