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Abellinut m Berber
Means "determined, brave" in Amazigh.

Aberkan m Berber
Means "swarthy" in Amazigh.

Abhau m Berber
Means "blond" in Amazigh.

Ablal m Berber
Means "stone" in Amazigh.

Abudrar m Berber
Means "mountaineer" in Amazigh.

Abye m Ge'ez
Means "big, large" in Ge'ez.

Adan m Berber

Addi m Northern African, Berber (Expatriate, ?)

Aderfi m Berber (Rare)
Means "freed" in Berber.

Adid m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Agellid m Berber
Means "prince, king" in Amazigh.

Agerzam m Berber
Means "cheetah" in Amazigh.

Aghbalu m Berber
Means "source" in Amazigh.

Aghilas m Kabyle
Means "leopard; panther; lion" in Kabyle.

Aghiles m Kabyle
Variant of Aghilas.

Agizul m Berber
Means "brave" in Tamazight.

Agwmar m Berber
Means "stallion" in Tamazight.

Ahar m Berber
Means "lion" in Tamazight.

Ahuskay m Berber
Means "handsome" in Amazigh.

Akale-work m Ge'ez
Means "body of gold" in Ge'ez.

Akawel m Berber
Means "the black" in Amazigh.

Akersim m Berber
Means "caracal" in Tamazight.

Aksil m Berber, Northern African, History
Means "cheetah" or "leopard" in Shawiya Tamazight. This was the real name of Kusaila (كسيلة), a 7th-century Berber king.

Amalu m Berber
Means "shadow" in Tamazight.

Amanar m Berber
Means "Orion (constellation)" in Amazigh.

Amastane m Northern African, Berber
Variant transcription of Amastan.

Amaynu m Berber
Means "new" in Amazigh.

Amazigh m Northern African, Berber
From Tamazight ⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖ (Amaziɣ), which is the self-designation of the Berber (Amazigh) people of North Africa. The name itself is of unknown meaning, though folk etymologies claim the meaning of "free-man", derived from Taznatit (Gurara) aze meaning "to be strong" and Tamasheq jeɣeɣ meaning "to be brave".

Amenzu m Kabyle
Means "the first" in Kabyle.

Ameqqran m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle variant of Ameqran.

Amessan m Berber
Means "wise" in Tamazight.

Ameziane m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Meziane (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

Amêzyan m Berber
Means "cadet" or "small" in Amazigh.

Amnay m Berber
Means "knight" in Amazigh.

Amokrane m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Ameqran.

Anarouz m Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Anaruz.

Anaruz m Berber, Northern African
Means "hope" in Tamazight.

Anebdad m Berber
Means "support" in Amazigh.

Anir m Berber, Northern African
Means "angel" in Tamazight.

Anqa m Berber

Anzar m Berber
Means "god of rain" in Amazigh.

Areksim m Berber
Means "caracal" in Amazigh.

Areski m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Arezki.

Arezki m Kabyle
Probably derived from Arabic رِزْق (rizq) meaning "wealth, fortune" or "nourishment, sustenance".

Arezqi m Kabyle
Variant transcription of Arezki.

Asafar m Berber
Means "remedy" in Tamazight.

Asafu m Berber
Means "torch" in Tamazight.

Asfru m Berber
Means "poem, ode" in Tamazight.

Asirem m Berber
Means "hope" in Amazigh.

Asmun m Berber
Means "companion" in Amazigh.

Asrat m & f Ge'ez
Means "tithe" in Ge'ez.

Asulil m Berber
Means "rock" in Tamazight.

Atbir m Berber
Means "dove" in Amazigh.

Awlagh m Berber
Means "little rabbit" in Amazigh.

Awsim m Berber
Means "fawn" in Tamazight.

Axil m Berber (Rare)
Means "cheetah" in Berber.

Ayatu m Ge'ez
Means "his likeness" in Ge'ez.

Ayrad m Berber
Means "lion" in Amazigh.

Ayrad m Berber
Means Lion in Tarifit.

Ayyur m Berber
Means "moon" in Tamazight.

Azazi m Ge'ez
Means "one who commands" in Ge'ez.

Azêllay m Berber
Means "pendant" in Amazigh.

Azenkwed m Berber
Means "male gazelle" in Amazigh.

Azenzar m Berber
Means "bright lightning" in Amazigh.

Azenzêr m Berber
Means "sunshine" in Tamazight.

Azmar m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Azrur m Berber
Means "handsome" in Tamazight.

Azuz m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Azzay m Berber
Means "male palm tree" in Amazigh.

Babiker m Northern African, Arabic
Sudanese name possibly derived from the given name Bakr or from Arabic بَكَرَ (bakara) meaning "first born" or "to be early, to rise early".

Babikr m Northern African (Rare), Arabic (Rare)
Variant transcription of Babiker.

Badis m Berber (Rare)
The meaning of this name is unknown but several kings had this name.

Baloua m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Bani m Berber

Baragsen m Tuareg
From the Tuareg abarag meaning "pride".

Basi m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Bekure m Ge'ez
Means "first born" in Ge'ez.

Bereketab m Ge'ez
Means "blessing of the Father" in Ge'ez.

Buna m Berber

Danat m Ge'ez
Coptic Christian (Ge'ez) word for the piercing on Jesus' left palm.

Ebeggi m Berber
Means "jackal" in Tamazight.

Eheder m Berber
Means "eagle" in Amazigh.

Ekade m Berber
Means "stone" in Amazigh. It may have been used as a Berber equivalent of Pedro.

Eyob m Amharic, Ge'ez, Tigrinya
Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Job.

Firesembet m Ge'ez
Means "seed of the Sabbath" in Ge'ez.

Fisseha m Ge'ez
Means "joy" in Ge'ez.

Fnan m Amharic, Ge'ez

Fourou m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Gebre-medhin m Ge'ez
Means "servant of the saviour" in Ge'ez.

Gebre-selam m Ge'ez
Means "servant of peace" in Ge'ez.

Gebre-tsadik m Ge'ez
Means "servant of the righteous" in Ge'ez.

Ghanim m Berber
Means "reed" in Amazigh.

Ghilas m Kabyle
Short form of Aghilas.

Gwasila m Kabyle
Means "son of the plains" in Kabyle.

Habtewold m Ge'ez
Means "gift of the Son" in Ge'ez.

Habteyes m Ge'ez
Means "gift of Jesus" in Ge'ez.

Haile m Ge'ez, Amharic, Ethiopian
Means "power, force, strength" in Ge'ez and Amharic. This was the Ge'ez (baptismal) name of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (1892-1975), who was born as Tafari Makonnen.

Hawaryat m Ge'ez
Means "apostles" in Ge'ez.

Haylu m Ge'ez
Means "his power" in Ge'ez.

H'emmuc m Berber
Berber diminutive form of Hamid 1.

Henos m Ge'ez
Variant of Enos.

Ḥmed m Kabyle
Kabyle form of Ahmad.

Ḥsen m Kabyle
Kabyle form of Hassan.

Idder m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Idir.

Iften m Berber
Means "be better than them" in Amazigh.

Ighlaf m Berber
Means "well protected" in Amazigh.

Igider m Berber (Rare)
Mighty and strong, this name stands for ‘eagle’ in one of the Berber languages.

Ilayetmas m Berber
Means "he has brothers" in Tamazight.

Immeghar m Berber
Means "he is great" in Amazigh.

Inqu m Ge'ez
Means "precious stone" in Ge'ez.

Ioues m Berber

Isgaden m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Itherther m Kabyle

Itsub m Ge'ez
Means "miracle" in Ge'ez.

Izdârasen m Berber
Means "the mighty, the strong" in Tamazight.

Izemrasen m Berber (Rare)
Means "powerful" in Berber.

Izîl m Berber (Rare)
Izîl stands for ‘sublime and magnificent’.

Juba m Berber
Juba I was a King of Numidia. He was the son and successor to King of Numidia Hiempsal II. Juba was the father of King of Numidia and later Mauretania Juba II

Jugurtha m History, Berber
Means "the greatest" in Berber.... [more]

Kahinu m Eastern African, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya
Means "clergyman" in Ge'ez and other Ethiopic languages.

Kebra f & m Eastern African, Ge'ez
Means "glory, praise" in Ge'ez, a liturgical language from Ethiopia. ... [more]

Kidane m Ge'ez
Means "my covenant" in Ge'ez.

Kiros m Eastern African, Ge'ez

Kusayla m Berber (Anglicized)
Kusayla or koceïla or kasîla was a berber chief from the end of the 7th century.

Kwestantinos m Ge'ez
Ge'ez form of Constantinus (see Constantine). This name was borne by two medieval emperors of Ethiopia.

Lounès m Kabyle
Means "companion" or "to keep company" in Kabyle, possibly of Arabic origin.

Lounis m Kabyle
Variant transcription of Lounès.

Makoud m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Maqrin m Berber
Means "always in a good mood" in Kabyle.

Masensen m Berber
means "Their Master"

Masinissa m Berber, Northern African, History
Variant transcription of Massinissa.

Masnsen m Berber
From the Amazigh mas meaning "master" and nsen meaning "of them".

Massen m Berber
A Term of respect meaning "Master" and a name given to high born.

Massin m Berber, Northern African
Diminutive of Massinissa.

Massinissa m Berber, Northern African, History
Means "their lord" from the consonants MSNSN, in turn derived from Tamazight mas meaning "lord" and n sen meaning "to them". This was the name of a Berber ruler and the first King of Numidia.

Meaza m & f Ge'ez
Means "perfume" in Ge'ez.

Mehari m Ge'ez
Means "merciful" in Ge'ez.

Melake-berhan m Ge'ez
Means "angel of light" in Ge'ez.

Mendas m Berber

Menelik m Ge'ez, Amharic
Means "son of the wise man" in Ge'ez and Amharic. According to the legend Menelik was the first emperor of Ethiopia. In the 10th century BC, he is said to have inaugurated the Solomonic dynasty of Ethiopia, so named because Menelik I is supposed to be the son of the biblical King Solomon of ancient Israel and Makeda, the Ethiopian Queen of Sheba.

Mezian m Berber (Rare), Northern African (Rare)
Variant of Meziane (chiefly Algerian and Moroccan).

Meziane m Berber, Northern African
Derived from Tamazight meẓyan meaning "young, little".

Mihret m & f Ge'ez, Amharic
Means "mercy", ultimately from Ge'ez ምህረት

Mimum m Berber

Mohand m Arabic (Maghrebi), Berber
Alternate transcription of Muhannad chiefly used in Northern Africa. It is also used as a Berber form of Muhammad.

Mokrane m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Amokrane.

Moulay m Northern African
From an honorific title used by descendants of Moulay Ali Cherif, the founder of the Alaouite dynasty of Morocco.

Muḥand m Kabyle
Variant of Muḥend.

Muḥemmed m Kabyle
Kabyle form of Muhammad.

Muḥend m Kabyle
Kabyle form of Mohand.

Muh'uc m Berber
Amazigh diminutive form of Mohammed.

Munatas m Berber (Rare)
This name means to ‘gather around a special person’.... [more]

Nabiyat m Ge'ez
Means "prophets" in Ge'ez.

Naravas m Berber
Personal name of Naravas, a Berber Numidian king and Hannibal's brother in law.

Navil m Berber
Berber form of Nabil.

Nayram m Berber
king

Neqa-tibeb m Ge'ez
Means "wisdom is vigilant" in Ge'ez.

Neway m Ge'ez
Means "vessel" in Ge'ez.

Ogbagzy m Ge'ez
Means "protection of our Lord" in Ge'ez.

Rezki m Kabyle
Variant of Arezki.

Sabre m African, Muslim, Northern African, Iranian, Arabic (Egyptian)
African, Islamic name for boys meaning patient, sharp and enduring.

Saɛid m Kabyle
Kabyle form of Sa'id.

Sahlu m Ge'ez
Means "his mercy" in Ge'ez.

Silina m Berber
Means "the sunsets " or "charm "

Simretab m Ge'ez
Means "service of the Father" in Ge'ez.

Takle-haimanot m Ge'ez
Means "plant of the faith" in Ge'ez.

Tedros m Amharic, Ge'ez
Variant of Tewodros.

Tensae m Ge'ez
Means "resurrection" in Ge'ez.

Tesfa-egzy m Ge'ez
Means "promise of the Lord" in Ge'ez.

Tsegaye m Ge'ez
Means "my grace" in Ge'ez.

Tsehai m & f Ge'ez
Means "sun" in Ge'ez.

Tsemru m Ge'ez
Means "his wool" in Ge'ez.

Tsige m & f Ge'ez
Means "flower" in Ge'ez.

Udad m Berber
Means "ram (male sheep)" in Tamazight.

Ugwistan m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Usem m Berber
Means "lightning" in Tamazight.

Usus m Berber

Wagguten m Berber (Rare)
It means ‘one who will proliferate’ and reflects the abundance of life.

Wararni m Berber
Means "without victor, without conqueror" in Amazigh.

Warmaksan m Berber (Rare)
Means ‘without enemies; undefeatable" in Berber.

Winaruz m Berber
Means "hope" in Tamazight.

Wiwurgh m Berber
Means "golden" in Tamazight.

Xamida m Berber
Berber form of Hamid 1.

Yacko m African American, Northern African
Possible variant of Yaco.

Yarra f & m Western African, Yoruba, Arabic (Maghrebi), Northern African
Means "child" in Yoruba, Nago and Kanga, spoken in Northern and Western Africa.

Yedder m Berber (Rare)
Though this name symbolizes immortality, it indicates a sense of unbroken spirit or uncaptured soul.

Yeddes m Tuareg
Means "he will be organised", from the Tuareg verb ddes meaning "organised".

Yidir m Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Idir.

Yufayyur m Berber
Means "more handsome than the moon" in Tamazight.

Yufitran m Berber
Means "more handsome than the stars" in Tamazight.

Yufitri m Berber
Means "nicer than a star" in Amazigh.

Yuften m Berber
Means "the best" in Tamazight.

Yugerten m Berber
Original Berber form of Jugurtha.

Yuns m Berber
Central Atlas Tamazight form of Yunus.

Zeray m Tigrinya, Ge'ez
Means "sower" in Ge'ez and Tigrinya.

Zigza m Berber
Means "green" from the root zgz.

Ziri m Berber
Masculine form of Tiziri.