Kofi

Kofi (Fiifi)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Akan people
Meaning	Born on a Friday
Other names
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 Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, 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
Enoch Kofi Adu (born 1990), Ghanaian footballer
Kofi Adu (born 1969), Ghanaian comedian and actor
Kofi Amichia (born 1994), American football player
Kofi Annan (1938–2018), 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 (born 1978), Ghanaian footballer
Kofi Esaw, Togolese politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and Minister of Justice since 2013
Kofi Jantuah (born 1974), Ghanaian professional boxer
Kofi Kingston (born 1981), Ghanaian-American professional wrestler
Kofi Karikari (c. 1837–1884), ninth Ashanti king (1867–1874)
Kofi Sarkodie (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player
Kofi Siriboe (born 1994), American Actor and Model

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

Other uses

Kofi (album) an album by jazz trumpeter Donald Byrd
KOFI, an AM radio station licensed to serve Kalispell, Montana, United States

Given name or day name

Surname

Stage or ring name

Other uses

See also