name
Appiah
ah-PEE-ah
/ɑːˈpiːɑː/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
Appiah
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Akan/Ghanaian (Ghana/West Africa)
- Meaning
- Warrior; fighter
- Gender
- male
Pronunciation tips
An Akan surname used as a given name; Kwame Anthony Appiah (philosopher, 'Cosmopolitanism') bears this name; Joe Appiah was a Ghanaian politician and father of the philosopher; the double 'p' is not doubled in pronunciation
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