Given name & surname
Koffi
“born on a Friday”
Koffi is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “born on a Friday.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “born on a Friday.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Koffi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 20
- 20 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 864 as a first name in 2020; 621 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Koffi’s family of names
In French usage, Koffi has a conventional equivalent in Kofi. Koffi has a related form in Koffe. Koffi has a related form in Koffea.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Koffi
- Koffi GahouBeninese artist, actor, and director1947–2019
- Koffi KwahuléIvorian writerborn 1956
- Koffi Olympioformer Togolese footballerborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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