Yaa (name)

Yaa
Gender	Female
Origin
Word/name	Ashanti people
Meaning	born on a Thursday
Region of origin	Ashanti; Empire of Ashanti
Other names
Related names	Yaw Adwoa (Monday); Abenaa (Tuesday); Akua (Wednesday); Yaa (Thursday); Afua (Friday); Ám̀ma (Saturday); Akosua (Sunday);

Yaa is an Ashanti feminine given name originating from the Ashanti people and their Ashanti day naming system, meaning born on a Thursday.[1]

People with this name include:

Yaa Asantewaa (c. 1840–1921), Ashanti queen mother and military rebel leader
Yaa Avoe (born 1982), Ghanaian football defender
Yaa Gyasi (born 1989), Ghanaian-American novelist
Yaa Yaa (born 1990), Ghanaian singer-songwriter, recording artist and actress
Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah (born 1969), Commandant of the Ghana Police Command and Staff College
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers (born 1966), South African writer and performance artist

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