At a Glance: Name: Amma – Meaning: born on Saturday – Origin: Akan (day-name) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: AH-mah
Amma is an Akan (day-name) girl's name meaning “born on Saturday”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Amma
Meaning: Born on Saturday.
Origin: Akan (day-name).
A common claim: Sometimes assumed to mean 'mother' (from its use as a term of address in South Asian languages, e.g. the spiritual figure known as 'Amma') Actually: That's an unrelated homograph -- in Akan tradition Amma is simply the automatic day-name for a girl born on Saturday, with no lexical meaning of 'mother'.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Amma
Phonetic: AH-mah IPA: /ˈɑːmə/
Popularity of Amma
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1886–2024.
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