Kofi

Kofi is an Akan day name given name for a male child born on a Friday, originating in Ghana. The name and its variations including Koffi are also common in Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Togo.

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 Abrefa Busia (1913–1978), Prime Minister of Ghana
• Kofi Adu (born 1969), Ghanaian comedian and actor
• Kofi Amichia (born 1994), American football player
• Kofi Annan (1938–2018), United Nations Secretary General
• Kofi Asante Ofori-Atta (1912–1978), Ghanaian politician
• Kofi Amoah Prah (born 1974) Ghanaian-born retired German long jumper
• Kofi Burbridge (born 1961), American musician
• Koffi Amponsah (born 1978), Ghanaian footballer
• Kofi Esaw, Togolese politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2010 and Minister of Justice since 2013
• Kofi Jantuah (born 1974), Ghanaian professional boxer
• Kofi Kingston (born 1981), Ghanaian-American professional wrestler
• Kofi Karikari (c. 1837–1884), ninth Ashanti king (1867–1874)
• Kofi Sarkodie (born 1991), American Major League Soccer player
• Kofi Siriboe (born 1994), American Actor and Model

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

See also

• Cuffee or Cuffey, an African-American variant of the name