Felie's Personal Name List

Abeba
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Amharic
Other Scripts: አበባ(Amharic)
Personal remark: Amharic
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Means "flower" in Amharic.
Abimbola
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: Yoruba
Rating: 90% based on 1 vote
Means "born to me with wealth" in Yoruba.
Abiodun
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: Yoruba
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "born on a festival" in Yoruba.
Addis
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Amharic, Ethiopian
Other Scripts: አዲስ(Amharic)
Personal remark: Amharic
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Derived from Amharic አዲስ (addis) "new".
Ade 1
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: Yoruba
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
From Yoruba adé meaning "crown", also a short form of other names beginning with this element.
Adegoke
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: Yoruba
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "the crown has ascended the mountain" in Yoruba.
Afwerki
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya, Ethiopian
Personal remark: Tigrinya
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "mouth of gold" in Tigrinya.
Aklilu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Personal remark: Tigrinya
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "laurel wreath" in Tigrinya.
Aman
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Personal remark: Tigrinya
Rating: 63% based on 4 votes
Means "handsome" in Tigrinya.
Amani
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Personal remark: Tigrinya
Rating: 65% based on 8 votes
Means "faith" in Tigrinya.
Ambesa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Personal remark: Tigrinya
Rating: 68% based on 5 votes
Means "lioness" in Tigrinya.
Amleset
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Means "she made it return" in Tigrinya.
Amondi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Luo
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Feminine form of Omondi.
Amondi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swahili
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Swahili form of Amani.
Amukelani
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: African, Tsonga
Rating: 52% based on 5 votes
Means "acceptance" in Tsonga.
Anbessa
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 48% based on 4 votes
Means "lion" in Tigrinya.
Aranchi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 57% based on 6 votes
Means "orange (fruit)" in Tigrinya.
Armana
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 53% based on 4 votes
Neans "our flag" in Tigrinya.
Ashanti
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Various
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
From the name of an African people who reside in southern Ghana. It possibly means "warlike" in the Twi language.
Ayo
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Pronounced: A-YAW
From Yoruba ayọ̀ meaning "joy", or a short form of other names containing this element.
Babajide
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Personal remark: Yoruba
Means "father has awakened" in Yoruba.
Bilen
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ቢለን(Amharic)
Rating: 5% based on 4 votes
Means "iris" in Amharic.
Bompaka
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 76% based on 7 votes
Means "old age" in Kikongo
Bonolo
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Sotho
Personal remark: Sotho
Means "ease" in Sotho.
Bosede
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Variant of Abosede.
Dada
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Means "curly hair" in Yoruba.
Daniat
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 50% based on 4 votes
Means "judge" in Tigrinya.
Dayo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Means "joy arrives" in Yoruba.
Desta
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Eastern African, Amharic
Other Scripts: ደስታ(Amharic)
Means "joy" in Amharic.
Dinknesh
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Amharic
Other Scripts: ድንቅ ነሽ(Amharic)
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "you are marvelous; the wondrous one" in Amharic.

This is the Ethiopian name of Lucy, the fossilized Australopithecus discovered in 1974.

Dumisani
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Southern African, Zulu, Ndebele
Rating: 30% based on 1 vote
Means "praise" in Zulu and Ndebele.
Fadzai
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Shona
From Shona fadza meaning "please, make happy" [1].
Fessehaye
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "eternal happiness" in Tigrinya.
Fikile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tsonga
Rating: 50% based on 1 vote
Means "arrived" in Tsonga.
Folami
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African (Rare), Yoruba (Rare)
Means "respect and honour me" in Yoruba.
Fumu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "king" in Kikongo.
Gugulethu
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
From Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele igugu "treasure, pride" and lethu "our".
Haben
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "pride" in Tigrinya.
Hagos
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 40% based on 2 votes
Means "joy" in Tigrinya.
Hlengiwe
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Swazi
Means "helped, rescued, redeemed" in Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele and Swazi.
Kakengo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Kamaria
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Comorian
Rating: 60% based on 8 votes
From Arabic qamar meaning "moon", also the root of the name of the island country of the Comoros.
Kasese
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 60% based on 4 votes
Kayode
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Means "bringing joy" in Yoruba.
Keise
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 40% based on 4 votes
Lencho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eastern African, Oromo
Means "lion" in Oromo.
Lukinda
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 66% based on 9 votes
Lumingu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "Sunday" in Kikongo.
Luyanda
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: South African, Zulu, Xhosa
Rating: 67% based on 3 votes
Means "it is growing, increasing" in Zulu and Xhosa, referring to love or the child’s family.
Makiadi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 56% based on 7 votes
Means "misfortune" in Kikongo.
Malundama
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 63% based on 3 votes
Means "hidden things" in Kikongo.
Manoka
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 58% based on 5 votes
Means "rain" in Kikongo.
Matadi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 55% based on 6 votes
Means "stone" in Kikongo.
Matondo
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "thanksgiving" in Kikongo.
Mebrahtu
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Means "His light" in Tigrinya.
Mojisola
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African, Yoruba
Means "I wake up to wealth" in Yoruba.
Negus
Gender: Masculine
Usage: African American, Tigrinya
Other Scripts: ነጉሥ(Ge'ez, Amharic) ነጋሲ(Tigrinya)
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means "king" in Tigrinya.
Ngozi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African, Igbo
Means "blessing" in Igbo.
Noham
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means "comfort" in Tigrinya.
Nzuzi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Kongo
Rating: 43% based on 3 votes
Means "second born twin" in Kikongo.
Oluchi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African, Igbo
Rating: 80% based on 1 vote
Means "work of God" in Igbo.
Otieno
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eastern African, Luo
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Means "born at night" in Luo.
Oyibo
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Western African, Urhobo
Means "white" in Urhobo.
Pula
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Sotho
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Means "rain" in Sotho.
Rahwa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Means "satisfied" in Tigrinya.
Saare
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
Means "winner" in Tigrinya.
Sahie
Usage: African
Rating: 58% based on 4 votes
Samba
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African, Fula
Rating: 53% based on 3 votes
Senegalese Fula name used to denote a second-born son.
Seble
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Amharic
Other Scripts: ሰብለ(Amharic)
Rating: 47% based on 3 votes
Means "harvest" in Amharic.
Semhar
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 35% based on 2 votes
Means "Eritrean region" in Tigrinya.
Senai
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya, Ethiopian
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "gift from Above" in Tigrinya.
Seretse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tswana
Rating: 50% based on 3 votes
Means “the clay that binds" in Tswana.

Seretse Khama (1921-1980) was the first President of Botswana, in office from 1966 to 1980. He was the son of Queen Tebogo and Sekgoma Khama II, the paramount chief of the Bamangwato people, and the grandson of Khama III, their king.

Sipho
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Southern African, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "gift" from Zulu, Xhosa and Ndebele isipho.
Subira
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Swahili
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "patience" in Swahili.
Tadesse
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Eastern African, Amharic
Other Scripts: ታደሠ(Amharic)
Rating: 70% based on 1 vote
Means "revived" in Amharic.
Tandzile
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Swazi
Rating: 50% based on 2 votes
Means "a female addition to the family" in Swazi.
Tesfalem
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 55% based on 4 votes
Means "hope of wise man" in Tigrinya.
Thando
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
Rating: 48% based on 5 votes
From Xhosa, Zulu and Ndebele thanda meaning "to love".
Thema
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Western African, Akan
Rating: 69% based on 8 votes
Means "queen" in Akan.
Themba
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Southern African, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
Rating: 52% based on 6 votes
Means "trust, hope" in Zulu, Xhosa and Ndebele.
Unathi
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Southern African, Xhosa
Rating: 54% based on 7 votes
Means "he or she is with us" in Xhosa, from the prefix u- meaning "he, she" and nathi meaning "with us".
Wangari
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Kikuyu
From Kikuyu ngarĩ meaning "leopard". In the Kikuyu origin legend this is the name of one of the nine daughters of Mumbi.
Yao
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Western African, Ewe
Ewe form of Yaw.
Zakumi
Gender: Masculine
Usage: Popular Culture
Zakumi the Leopard was the official mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. His name comes from ZA, the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for "South Africa" and kumi that means "ten" in several African languages.
Zarité
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Literature
Rating: 50% based on 5 votes
Zarité "Teté" is the name of an Haitian mixed-race woman who was a slave in Haiti. She is the main character of the book "Island Beneath the Sea" (2009) by Isabel Allende.
Zeila
Gender: Feminine
Usage: African American
Other Scripts: زيلع‎(Arabic)
Pronounced: ZEY-LAH
Rating: 30% based on 2 votes
Derived from Seylac, also called Zeila, town and port, extreme northwest Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden. Seylac also falls under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Somaliland (a self-declared independent state without international recognition that falls within the recognized borders of Somalia).
Zeudi
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Rating: 45% based on 2 votes
Means "crown" in Tigrinya. It is the name of the famous 1970 Eritrean-Italian actress Zeudi Araya (1951-).
Zindziswa
Gender: Feminine
Usage: South African, Xhosa
Zola 2
Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usage: Southern African, Xhosa
Rating: 61% based on 7 votes
From the Xhosa root -zola meaning "calm".
Zula
Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Tigrinya
Other Scripts: ዙላ(Tigrinya) زولا‎(Arabic)
Rating: 64% based on 7 votes
Means "brilliant" in Tigrinya.

Zula is a small town in central Eritrea. It is situated near the head of Annesley Bay, on the Red Sea coast. Four kilometers away is the archeological site of Adulis, which was an emporium and the port of Axum.

Zuri
Gender: Feminine
Usage: Eastern African, Swahili
Rating: 100% based on 1 vote
Means "beautiful" in Swahili.
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