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Boy · Akan, through English
Quaco
Say it: KWAY-koh
Meaning
An English-spelled form of the Akan day name Kwaku, given to a boy born on Wednesday.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Found in colonial slave records of New England, New York and the Caribbean.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Quack, Quock
Famous bearers
- Quock Walker, whose freedom suits helped end slavery in Massachusetts
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
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