MoonKat's Personal Name List
Alinafe
Gender:
Feminine
&
Masculine
Usage:
Chewa
Pronounced:
ah-lee-NAH-fay
Means
"he or she is with us"
in Chewa.
Asavela
Gender:
Feminine
&
Masculine
Usage:
Xhosa
Means "they still appear" in Xhosa. A famous bearer is South African actress Asavela Mngqithi.
Dawit
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Amharic
Other Scripts:
ዳዊት
(
Amharic
)
Amharic form of
David
.
Kadiatou
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Western African
Form of
Khadija
used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.
Lulit
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Amharic
Other Scripts:
ሉሊት
(
Amharic
)
From Amharic
ሉል
(lul)
meaning
"pearl"
.
Madalitso
Gender:
Masculine
&
Feminine
Usage:
Chewa
Pronounced:
mah-dah-LEE-tso
Means
"blessings"
in Chewa.
Mayamiko
Gender:
Masculine
&
Feminine
Usage:
Chewa
Pronounced:
mah-yah-MEE-ko
Means
"praise, gratitude"
in Chewa.
Nuru
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Swahili
Means
"light"
in Swahili, ultimately from Arabic
نور
(
nūr
)
.
Nyarai
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Shona
From Shona
nyara
meaning
"be shy, be quiet, be humble"
[1]
.
Olubunmi
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Yoruba
Means
"God gives to me"
in Yoruba.
Pemphero
Gender:
Masculine
&
Feminine
Usage:
Chewa
Pronounced:
pehm-PAY-ro
Means
"prayer"
in Chewa.
Safiya
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Hausa, Kazakh, Arabic
Other Scripts:
Сафия
(
Kazakh
)
صفيّة
(
Arabic
)
Pronounced:
sa-FEE-ya
(
Arabic
)
Hausa and Kazakh form of
Safiyya
. It is also an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.
Sekani
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Tumbuka
Means
"laugh"
in Tumbuka.
Tewodros
Gender:
Masculine
Usage:
Amharic
Other Scripts:
ቴዎድሮስ
(
Amharic
)
Amharic form of
Theodore
.
Tiziri
Gender:
Feminine
Usage:
Berber
Other Scripts:
ⵜⵉⵣⵉⵔⵉ
(
Tifinagh
)
Feminine form of
Ziri
.
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