Boy · Akan, through English
Quash
Say it: KWOSH
Meaning
An English-spelled form of the Akan day name Kwasi, given to a boy born on Sunday.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common in slave registers of the Caribbean and the American colonies; 'Quashie' later became a demeaning stereotype term in Jamaica.
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: Quashee, Quashie, Quashey
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Where this comes from
- Colonial records of the Americas
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