african baby names (page 3)

AKIA (male)
African name meaning "first born." (african)

AKILAH (female)
intelligent one who reasons. (african)

AKIM (female)
According to an Ibibio of Nigeria folktale, Akim was a gorgeous, fat, young woman made of oil who melted in the sun while doing farm labor. (african)

AKIN (male)
Yoruba of Nigeria name meaning "warrior, hero, brave man."This name is often used in compound names such as Akinwole and Akintunde. (african)

AKINSANYA (male)
Yoruba of Nigeria name meaning "bravery gets revenge." (african)

AKINTUNDE (male)
Yoruba of Nigeria name meaning "bravery returns." (african)

AKINWOLE (male)
Yoruba of Nigeria name meaning "bravery enters this home." (african)

AKINYEMI (male)
Yoruba of Nigeria name meaning "fated to be a warrior." (african)

AKOSUA (female)
Akan or Ahsanti of Ghana name for females born on Sunday. (african)

AKPENAMAWU (female)
Ewe of Ghana name meaning "thanks to God."The Ghanaian short form of this name is AKPENA. (african)

AKUA (female)
Akan of Ghana name for females born on Wednesday. (african)

ALAFIN (male)
A title meaning "king" once used by the Yoruba people of Nigeria. (african)

ALI (male)
Swahili and Muslim name meaning "noble, exalted." (african)

ALITASH (female)
Amharic of Ethiopia female name meaning "may I not lose you, may I find you always my precious."May be shortened to Tash. (african)

ALPHA (male)
Guinean male name meaning "leader." (african)

AMACHI (female)
Ibo of Nigeria name meaning "who knows what God has brought us through this child." (african)

AMADI (male)
Ibo of Nigeria unisexual name, referring to the Sun God, meaning "rejoice." (african)

AMAN (male)
Amharic of Ethiopia name meaning "peace."It is often used as a nickname. (african)

AMANISHAKHETE (female)
The name of one of the Candaces, or Queen Mothers, of the Nubian kingdom of Kush (now northern Sudan).This name could be shortened to AMANI, itself a Kiswahili word meaning "peace." (african)

AMAor AMMA (female)
Akan people of Ghana name for females born on Saturday.Also a West African name meaning "happy." (african)

AMARA (female)
In the legends of Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) Amara is the name for paradise.Also, "amara" is a Kiswahili word meaning "urgent business." (african)

AMARE (male)
Amharic and Tigrinya of Ethiopia name meaning "he is good looking." (african)

AMARI (male)
Yoruba of Nigeria name meaning "strength, builder." (african)

AMAZU (male)
Ibo of Nigeria name meaning "no one knows everything." (african)

AMBER (female)
Muslim female name meaning "amber, brownish-yellow," or "jewel." (african)

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