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Girl · Akan ethnonym
Ashanti
Say it: ah-SHAHN-tee
Meaning
From Asante, the name of an Akan people and kingdom of Ghana.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 2000s
In the United States
- 12,805 babies given this name since 1970
- At its height in 2002, about 1 in 610 girls
- 109 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Ashanti, singer
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.