Ashawnti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-SHAWN-tee
- Origin
- Akan
Ashawnti is a girls' name of Akan origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ashawnti mean?
Akan: phonetic respelling of Ashanti, the Asante people of Ghana
Respelling of Ashanti, a name taken from the Asante, an Akan people and former kingdom in what is now Ghana.
Is Ashawnti a girl's or a boy's name?
Ashawnti is a girls' name.
How popular is Ashawnti in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Ashawnti in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ashawnti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
Names like Ashawnti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armani Avani Anvi Saanvi Amani Anahi Aditi Aashvi Avni Ishani Aarohi Dhriti
Names related to Ashawnti
Ashanti Asanti Ashanty Ashante Ashaunti Ashunti Ashanta Ashonti
More Akan names
Nana Mansa Kofi Kwame Ohemaa Akosua Obrempong Ama Kwabena Akua Kwaku Nhyira Abena Kwadwo Adom Yaa
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ashawnti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ashawnti, updated 20 October 2026.