ADANECHfAmharic Means "she saved" or "she rescued" or "she has rescued them" in Amharic.
ADDImNorthern African Frequently used by Amazigh people (Berbers) in North Africa and by Amazigh immigrants in Europe and elsewhre.
ADDINGTONmEnglish, South African From a surname which comes from either of the Old English place names Eaddingtūn, meaning "Eadda's town", or Æddingtūn, "Æddi's town".
AINOSEf & mEsan Means "no one is greater than God" in Esan.
AÏSSAm & fArabic (Maghrebi), Western African Maghrebi variant of Isa (chiefly Algerian) and Western African feminine variant of Aïcha. In the Maghreb, it is generally a masculine name while in West Africa, it is feminine.
AKLImBerber, Northern African Means "slave, prisoner, captive" in Kabyle. It was historically used to refer to Tuareg slaves and servants, who are typically dark-skinned in colour.
AKOLm & fAfrican From Iteso in eastern uganda. Meaning nicelooking.
AKONAWEmAfrican, Nigerian, Isoko The name "Akonawe" meaning "Let the teeth laugh" originates from the Isoko ethnolinguistic group of the Niger Delta region of Southern Nigeria, a country located on the west coast of Africa and bothering Benin, Cameroon, Niger and Chad (via Lake Chad).
AKPOm & fEdo Nigerian name, or nickname, meaning "Short person"
AKPOMOFAf & mIjaw Means "the world is not as you think of it" in Ijaw.
AKSILmBerber, Northern African, History Means "cheetah" or "leopard" in Shawiya Tamazight. This was the real name of Kusaila (كسيلة), a 7th-century Berber king.
AMANDLAm & fPopular Culture (?), African Xhosa and Zulu word meaning "power". Mandla, which is derived from "amandla", is also a common first name in South Africa. Amandla Stenberg is an American teen actress, and her mother chose the name after being inspired by Miles Davis' 1989 album "Amandla".
AMARIm & fYoruba, African American, African, Western African A noted bearer was a Damel of Cayor, Amari Ngoné Ndella, who ruled from 1790 AD to 1809 AD. The Kingdom of Cayor was one of the largest of most powerful kingdoms in what was is now Senegal, existing from 1549 AD to 1879 AD.
AMASTANmBerber, Northern African Tuareg name meaning "protector, defender", derived from the Tamazight root esten meaning "to protect, to defend".
AMAZIGHmBerber, Northern African Derived from the Central Atlas Tamazight word 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", deriving from Taznatit (Gurara) aze meaning "to be strong" and Tamasheq (a variety of Turareg) jeɣeɣ meaning "to be brave"... [more]
AMBELUm & fAmharic Possibly means "commander" in Amharic.
AMBUROfSomali Seems to be derived from the surname Amburo.
AMENAGHAWONf & mEdo Literally translated to "the water you shall drink" in Edo, from the proverb Amen na gha won ighi le se omwan rhae, meaning "the water you shall drink will surely come to be", implying that what is destined to be, will be.
ANNELINEfAfrikaans, Dutch, French (Archaic), Danish, Norwegian Dutch and Afrikaans variant of Annelien as well as a Danish and Norwegian combination of Anne and Line (and thus a cognate of Annelien) as well as a Danish, Norwegian and archaic French diminutive of Anne found up to the 1700s in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.
ANTOBAMfAfrican Fante name which is given to a posthumous child
ANUARITEfCentral African (Rare) Of uncertain origin, allegedly meaning "one who laughs at war". This is best known as the name of the Blessed Marie-Clémentine Anuarite Nengapeta (1939-1964), a Congolese nun who was killed at the age of 24 during the Congo Crisis; she was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1985.