Last updated: March 2026

Character Name

Ama

Meaning — An Akan name meaning "born on Saturday" — the Akan day-name for a girl born on Saturday (the feminine equivalent of Kwame). Simple and warm, it is one of the most common Akan feminine names in Ghana.·Akan origin·Female·AH-mah

Ama Short, warm, and grounded in the rhythm of the week, Ama is a name of unpretentious but solid Ghanaian identity. Characters named Ama in contemporary Ghanaian and diaspora fiction are often portrayed as women who navigate tradition and modernity with more ease than their surroundings might suggest, grounded by the simple certainty of their name's origin in time.

Best genres for Ama

Literary FictionContemporary FictionComing-of-AgeDiaspora Fiction

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Variations & nicknames

AmaAmma

Pairs well with

Ama AsanteAma MensahAma BoatengAma OseiAma Owusu

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