Kofi

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Gender Male Meaning born on a Friday		Word/name Akan people
Related names Kwadwo (Monday) Kwabena (Tuesday) Kwaku (Wednesday) Yaw (Thursday) Kofi (Friday) Kwame (Saturday) Akwasi (Sunday)

Kofi is an Akan day name given name for a male child born on a Friday, originating in Ghana. The name and its variations including Koffi are also common in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo.

Kofi may refer to:

Given name or day name

Osei Kofi Tutu I (reigned c. 1675 / c. 1680 - c. 1717), one of the co-founders of the Empire of Ashanti

John Kufuor (born 1938), second President of the Fourth Republic of Ghana (2001-2009)

Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913-1978), Prime Minister of Ghana

Kofi Adu (born 1969), Ghanaian comedian and actor

Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General

Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (1912-1978), Ghanaian politician

Kofi Amoah Prah (born 1974) Ghanaian-born retired German long jumper

Kofi Burbridge (born 1961), American musician

Koffi Amponsah, footballer in Ghana

Kofi Esaw Togolese politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and Minister of Justice since 2013

Kofi Jantuah, Ghanaian professional boxer

Kofi Kingston, Ghanaian-American professional wrestler

Kofi Karikari (c. 1837-1884), ninth Ashanti king (1867–1874)

Kofi Sarkodie (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player

Surname

Osei Kofi (born 1942), retired Ghanaian footballer

Tony Kofi, British jazz musician

Stage or ring name

Kofi (musician), British lovers rock singer born Carol Simms

Kofi Kingston, ring name of Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah, a wrestler from Ghana

Slim Kofi, artist name for Amsterdam-based Afrobeats singer.

Other uses

Kofi (album) an album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd

KOFI, an AM radio station licensed to serve Kalispell, Montana, United States

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Kofi Wikipedia

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