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Paa

Gender
Boy
Say it
PAH
Origin
Akan
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys

Paa is a boys' name of Akan origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).

What does Paa mean?

Akan: Ghanaian respectful prefix used before day names

In Ghana Paa is often placed before a day name, as in Paa Kwesi or Paa Kwame.

Is Paa a girl's or a boy's name?

Paa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Paa in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,065th among boys
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to call too few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Paa, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 boys.

2025 had more boys named Paa than any year since 2011.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

2004Busiest: 5 in 20052025
Paa in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20170–
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20115#3,446
20101#6,148
20093#4,691
20083#4,615
20073#4,486
20060–
20055#2,885
20043#3,792

Names like Paa

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Paa

More Akan names

Every Akan name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Paa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/paa, updated 20 October 2026.