Kofi

Kofi
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Ashanti people
Meaning	born on a Friday
Region of origin	Ashanti Empire of Ashanti
Other names
Related names	Kwadwo (Monday) Kwabena (Tuesday) Kwaku (Wednesday) Yaw (Thursday) Kofi (Friday) Kwame (Saturday) Akwasi (Sunday)

Kofi is an Ashanti day name and an Ashanti given name for a boy born on a Friday, originating in Ashanti City-State.

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 Adu (born 1969), Ghanaian comedian and actor
• Kofi Burbridge (born 1961), American musician
• Kofi Abrefa Busia (1913-1978), Prime Minister of Ghana
• Kofi Annan, United Nations Secretary General
• Kofi Conduah, Founder and CEO of Regal Software
• Koffi Amponsah, footballer in Ghana
• Kofi Esaw Togolese politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and Minister of Justice since 2013
• Kofi Jantuah, Ghanaian professional boxer
• Kofi Karikari (c. 1837-1884), ninth Ashanti king (1867–1874)
• Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (1912-1978), Ghanaian politician
• Kofi Amoah Prah (born 1974) Ghanaian-born retired German long jumper
• Kofi Sarkodie (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player

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