Western African Names (page 2)

Okoro m Igbo
Means "boy, young man" in Igbo.

Ola 3 m & f Yoruba
From Yoruba ọlà meaning "wealth" or the related ọlá meaning "honour, respect". It is also a short form of names containing those elements.

Olabode m Yoruba
Means "wealth returns" in Yoruba.

Olalekan m Yoruba
Means "wealth is increased by one" in Yoruba.

Olamide m & f Yoruba
Means "my wealth has arrived" in Yoruba.

Olamilekan m Yoruba
Means "my wealth is increased by one" in Yoruba.

Olanrewaju m Yoruba
Means "wealth goes forward" in Yoruba.

Olawale m Yoruba
Means "wealth has come home" in Yoruba.

Olayinka f & m Yoruba
Means "wealth surrounds me" in Yoruba.

Olu m Yoruba
Short form of Yoruba names beginning with olú or olúwa meaning "lord, God".

Olubunmi f Yoruba
Means "God gives to me" in Yoruba.

Oluchi f Igbo
Means "work of God" in Igbo.

Olufemi m Yoruba
Means "God loves me" in Yoruba.

Olufunke f Yoruba
Means "God gives care" in Yoruba.

Olufunmilayo f Yoruba
Means "God gives me joy" in Yoruba.

Olufunmilola f Yoruba
Means "God gives me wealth" in Yoruba.

Olujimi m Yoruba
Means "God forgives me" in Yoruba.

Olukayode m Yoruba
Means "God brings happiness" in Yoruba.

Olumide m Yoruba
Means "my God has come" in Yoruba.

Olusegun m Yoruba
Means "God conquers" in Yoruba.

Olusola m & f Yoruba
Means "God makes wealth" in Yoruba.

Oluwafemi m Yoruba
Variant of Olufemi.

Oluwafunmilayo f Yoruba
Variant of Olufunmilayo.

Oluwakanyinsola f Yoruba (Rare)
Means "God has dropped honey into wealth" in Yoruba.

Oluwasegun m Yoruba
Variant of Olusegun.

Oluwaseun m & f Yoruba
Means "God, thank you" in Yoruba.

Oluwaseyi f & m Yoruba
Means "God made this" in Yoruba.

Oluwatoyin f & m Yoruba
Means "God is worthy of praise" in Yoruba.

Oluwayemisi f Yoruba
Means "God honours me" in Yoruba.

Omobolanle f Yoruba
Means "child finds wealth at home" in Yoruba.

Omolara f Yoruba
Means "child is family" in Yoruba.

Oni f & m Yoruba
Means "today" in Yoruba.

Onyebuchi m Igbo
Means "who is equal to God?" in Igbo.

Onyeka m & f Igbo
Short form of Onyekachi.

Onyekachi m & f Igbo
Means "who is greater than God?" in Igbo.

Onyekachukwu m & f Igbo
Means "who is greater than God?" in Igbo (a variant of Onyekachi using Chukwu as the second element).

Onyinye f Igbo
Means "gift" in Igbo.

Onyinyechi f Igbo
Means "gift from God" in Igbo.

Opeyemi f & m Yoruba
Means "gratitude is suitable for me" in Yoruba.

Otobong m & f Ibibio
Means "from God" in Ibibio.

Oumar m Western African
Form of Umar used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Oumarou m Western African
Form of Umar used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Oumou f Western African
Form of Umm used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Ousmane m Western African
Form of Uthman used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Oyibo m & f Urhobo
Means "white" in Urhobo.

Rabiu m Hausa
From Arabic رابع (rābiʿ) meaning "fourth", a derivative of أربعة (ʾarbaʿa) meaning "four". It is sometimes added to a given name to indicate the fourth sibling bearing it.

Rakiya f Hausa
Hausa form of Ruqayya.

Safiya f Hausa, Kazakh, Arabic
Hausa and Kazakh form of Safiyya. It is also an alternate transcription of the Arabic name.

Salamatu f Western African
Form of Salama used in West Africa.

Salisu m Hausa
From Arabic ثالث (thālith) meaning "third", sometimes added to a shared given name to indicate the third sibling bearing it.

Sani 2 m Hausa
From Arabic ثانٍ (thānin) meaning "second", a derivative of اثنان (ithnān) meaning "two". If two or more siblings share the same given name, this name may be appended to that of the second.

Segun m Yoruba
Means "conquer" in Yoruba, also a short form of Olusegun or Oluwasegun.

Seydou m Western African
Form of Said used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Seynabou f Western African
Form of Zaynab used in parts of West Africa (mostly Senegal).

Shehu m Hausa
From Arabic شيخ (shaykh) meaning "elder, chief, sheikh", a title of Usman dan Fodio (1754-1817), the founder of the Sokoto Caliphate.

Sidiki m Western African
Form of Siddiq typical of West Africa.

Simisola f Yoruba
Means "rest in wealth" in Yoruba.

Souleymane m Western African
Form of Sulayman used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Taiwo m & f Yoruba
Means "taste the world, taste life" in Yoruba.

Talatu f Hausa
From Hausa Talata meaning "Tuesday" (of Arabic origin).

Temitope f & m Yoruba
Means "mine is worthy of gratitude" in Yoruba.

Thema f Akan
Means "queen" in Akan.

Titilayo f Yoruba
Means "eternal happiness" in Yoruba.

Tochukwu m & f Igbo
Means "praise God" in Igbo.

Toyin f & m Yoruba
Means "worthy of praise" in Yoruba, also a short form of Oluwatoyin.

Tunde m Yoruba
Means "return, come again" in Yoruba, also a short form of names containing that element.

Uche m & f Igbo
Means "wisdom, sense, mind" in Igbo.

Uchenna m & f Igbo
Means "wisdom of the father, sense of the father" in Igbo.

Udo 2 m & f Igbo
Means "peace" in Igbo.

Uduak m & f Ibibio
Means "will, desire" in Ibibio.

Uduakobong m & f Ibibio
Means "God's will" in Ibibio.

Ufuoma m & f Urhobo
Means "peace of mind" in Urhobo.

Ugochi f Igbo
Means "eagle of God" in Igbo, from ùgó meaning "eagle, honour" and Chi 2, referring to God.

Ugochukwu m Igbo
Means "eagle of God" in Igbo.

Uju f Igbo
Means "fullness, plenty" in Igbo.

Umar m Arabic, Urdu, Uzbek, Tajik, Kyrgyz, Indonesian, Hausa
Means "flourishing, living long" in Arabic, related to Arabic عمر (ʿumr) meaning "life". Umar was a companion and strong supporter of the Prophet Muhammad who became the second caliph of the Muslims. He is considered to be one of the great founders of the Muslim state. The name was also borne by a 12th-century poet from Persia, Umar Khayyam.

Umaru m Hausa
Hausa variant of Umar.

Umukoro m Urhobo
Means "young man" in Urhobo.

Usman m Urdu, Indonesian, Hausa
Urdu, Indonesian and Hausa form of Uthman.

Uzochi m & f Igbo
Means "way of God" in Igbo.

Uzoma m & f Igbo
Means "good way" in Igbo.

Yaa f Akan
Means "born on Thursday" in Akan.

Yacouba m Western African
Form of Yaqub used in parts of French-influenced West Africa.

Yaƙubu m Hausa
Hausa form of Yaqub.

Yalwa f & m Hausa
Means "abundance" in Hausa.

Yao m Ewe
Ewe form of Yaw.

Yaw m Akan
Means "born on Thursday" in Akan.

Yejide f Yoruba
Means "mother has awakened" in Yoruba.

Yetunde f Yoruba
Means "mother has come again" in Yoruba.

Yewande f Yoruba
Means "mother has found me" in Yoruba.

Zainab f Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Malay, Indonesian
Alternate transcription of Arabic زينب (see Zaynab), as well as the usual form in several languages.

Zainabu f Swahili, Hausa
Swahili and Hausa form of Zaynab.

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