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Esi

girl name
Origin
Akan
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

“Sunday-born female in the Fante (coastal Akan) form of the Akan day-name system, the dialect variant of Akosua

Popularity, 1890–2024

Esi does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

60 people · the #58,763 first name in Brazil · median age 66

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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