Amma is from the Akan Amma — Saturday-born girl + foundational Akan day-naming tradition. A modern American baby name in the broader West African heritage aesthetic. Amma is one of the foundational Akan feminine names — central to traditional Ghanaian + West African heritage. The foundational name is central to foundational Akan Day Names (kradin — soul names) foundational naming system from foundational Ashanti + Fante peoples of foundational Ghana + Ivory Coast + foundational based on day of week of birth + foundational feminine names: foundational Akosua/Esi (Sunday), Adwoa (Monday), Abenaa (Tuesday), Akua (Wednesday), Yaa (Thursday), Afia/Afua/Efua (Friday), Amma/Ama (Saturday) + foundational masculine equivalents Kwasi + Kwadwo + Kwabena + Kwaku + Yaw + Kofi + Kwame + foundational central to foundational Akan + pan-African diaspora naming heritage spanning foundational ~20 million Akan speakers; foundational also Amma (foundational Mata Amritanandamayi born 1953) foundational Indian Hindu spiritual leader + foundational hugging saint + foundational ~40 million hugs delivered worldwide. Foundational Akan feminine name reflecting West African Indigenous heritage.
Featured throughout West African heritage.
Amma reduces to seven.