Browse Submitted Names

Ada m Idoma
Means "father" in Idoma.

Adaego f Igbo
Means "daughter of money" in Igbo.

Adaezennaya f Igbo
Means “princess” in Igbo.

Adaishe m & f Shona
Meaning "one who has loved the Lord"

Adakole m & f Idoma
Idoma name meaning "father of the house", "head of family", or "head of the home". This name is usually given to the firstborn male or female child in Idoma households.

Adaku f Igbo
Means "daughter of wealth" in Igbo.

Adama m Western African
Form of Adam used in parts of western Africa.

Adamma f Igbo
Means "daughter of beauty" in Igbo.

Adamu m Amharic, Swahili, Hausa
Amharic, Swahili, and Hausa form of Adam.

Adan m Somali (Expatriate)
Variant of Aadan.

Adanech f Amharic
Means "she saved" or "she rescued" or "she has rescued them" in Amharic.

Adaobi f Nigerian
Means first Daughter of The Family.

Adaora f Igbo
Means "the people's daughter" in Igbo.

Addi m Northern African, Berber (Expatriate, ?)

Addimew m Amharic
Means "invite him" in Amharic.

Addis f & m Amharic, Ethiopian
Derived from Amharic አዲስ (addis) "new".

Addisu m Ethiopian
Means "the new one".

Adeben m African
Means "twelfth born son".

Adebimpe f Yoruba
Means "the crown is complete" in Yoruba.

Adebisi f Yoruba
Means "the crown has given birth to more" in Yoruba. This is the name of the (Nigerian) mother of British musician Seal Samuel.

Adebobajo m Yoruba
Means "the crown suits the king" in Yoruba.

Adedamola m Yoruba
Means "my crown mixed with blessing" in Yoruba.

Adede f Luo
Means "grasshopper" in Luo.

Adedewe f & m Yoruba
Means "the crown has become small" or "one has arrived small" in Yoruba, from either adé "crown" or dé "to arrive, come" combined with di "become, change into" and ẹ̀wẹ́ "small, thin"... [more]

Adediran m Yoruba
Means "royalty becomes generational" in Yoruba, from adé "crown" combined with di "become, change into" and ìran "generation, lineage".

Adedire m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown has become good fortune" in Yoruba, from adé "crown, royalty" combined with di "become, change into" and ire "luck, good fortune, goodness".

Adedoyin f & m Yoruba
Means "the crown is now honey" in Yoruba.

Adefunke f Yoruba
Means "the crown has given me to cherish" in Yoruba.

Adegbamigbe m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown did not forget me” in Yoruba.

Adegbemibu m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown did not insult me” in Yoruba.

Adegboyega m Yoruba
Means "the crown has elevated our honour" in Yoruba.

Adeike f & m Yoruba
Means "one who has crowned your care" in Yoruba, from adé "crown" and ìkẹ́ "fondness, care, cherishing".

Adeiza f Nigerian
Name of Nigerian origin, meaning "giver (father) of good things" or "giver (father) of wealth".

Adejoke f African
Variant of Ajoke.

Adejugbe m & f Yoruba
Means "royalty does not perish" in Yoruba, from adé "crown, royalty" combined with jù "does not, cannot be" and gbé "carry, lift; take by force, overpower".

Adejuyigbe m Yoruba
Means "the crown does not allow honour to perish" in Yoruba.

Adekanmi m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown is now my turn" from Yoruba adé meaning "crown", kàn meaning "to touch, to concern" and mi meaning "me, my".

Adekiite m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown does not fall" in Yoruba.

Adekoya m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown rejects suffering" from Yoruba adé meaning "crown", kọ̀ meaning "to refuse, to reject" and ìyà meaning "punishment, suffering".

Adekugbe m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown does not perish" in Yoruba.

Adelakun m Nigerian, Yoruba
Means "the crown opens the womb" in Yoruba.

Adeleke f Yoruba
Means "crown achieves happiness" in Yoruba.

Adelewa f Yoruba

Adelola f Yoruba
The name origin came from Nigeria with the name meaning: "The crown brings honour"

Adelowo m Nigerian, Yoruba
Means "the crown has honour" or "the crown has respect" in Yoruba.

Ademide f & m Yoruba

Ademurewa f & m Yoruba
Means "the crown brought goodness" in Yoruba.

Aden m Somali (Expatriate)
Variant of Aadan.

Adeniji m Yoruba
Means "the crown has fame" in Yoruba.

Adeniran m Yoruba
Means "the crown has a lineage" in Yoruba.

Adeniyi m Yoruba, Nigerian
Means "the crown is precious" in Yoruba.

Adeoti m Yoruba
Means "royalty does not fade" in Yoruba, derived from adé meaning "crown, royalty", (k)ò meaning "does not" and tí meaning "fade, be blemished".

Adeoye m Western African, Yoruba
From Yoruba adé oyè, which literally means "the crown of chieftancy", and is understood to mean "the crown given to me to celebrate my acquired chieftaincy title".

Adepero f Nigerian, Yoruba
Means "the crown pacifies" or "the crown calms" in Yoruba.

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

Aderinola f & m Yoruba
The first part, Aderi, means "crown" or "royalty," the second part, Nola, means "wealth" or "riches." The name is interpreted as "crowned with wealth" or "royalty with riches".

Aderinsola f & m Yoruba
Meaning "a crown walks into wealth" or "royalty walks into wealth", from the Yoruba words adé (crown), rìn (to walk), sí (into) and ọlá (honor, wealth).

Aderonke f Yoruba
Means "the crown has found something to pamper" in Yoruba, from adé "crown, royalty", rí "to see, find", ohun "thing, something", and kẹ́ "cherish, care for".

Adesimbo f Yoruba
Means "noble birth" in Yoruba.

Adesina m Yoruba
Means "the crown has opened the way" or "the one who arrives and opens the way" in Yoruba, usually given to the firstborn child in a family.

Adesoji m Yoruba
Means "the crown has woken up" from Yoruba adé meaning "crown" and sọjí meaning "to arise, to awake".

Adesola f Yoruba
Means "the crown honored us" in Yoruba.

Adesua f Edo
Variant of Adesuwa.... [more]

Adesuwa f Edo
Means "in the midst of prosperity" in Edo.

Adetula m Yoruba
Means "royalty survived again" in Yoruba.

Adetule m Yoruba
Variant of Adetula.

Adetutu f & m Yoruba
Means "the crown is gentle" in Yoruba.

Adewonuola m & f Yoruba
Royalty enters wealth

Adewumi m & f Yoruba
Means "royalty attracts me" in Yoruba.

Adewuyi m & f Yoruba (Modern)
Means "royalty is prestigious" in Yoruba.

Adeya f American (Modern, Rare), Nigerian (?)
Perhaps in part from Yoruba adé meaning "crown". This name was used by the American singer Kehlani for her daughter born 2019.

Adeyemi m & f Western African, Yoruba
Means "the crown suits me" or "one who arrives and befits me" in Yoruba.

Adeyemo m & f Yoruba
Means "the crown suits the child" in Yoruba, from adé "crown, royalty" combined with yẹ "suitable, worthy" and ọmọ "child".

Adeyinka f & m Yoruba
Means "the crown surrounds me" in Yoruba.

Adhra f Swahili
Means "apology" in Swahili.

Adia f Igede, Swahili
Means "queen" in Igede and "(valuable) gift" in Swahili, from Hausa adia "gift".

Adiaba f Efik
Means "first daughter" in Efik.

Adiahaudo f Ibibio
Means "first daughter of a second son" in Ibibio.

Adiam f Ge'ez, Amharic
Possibly means "fair, pretty".

Adid m Berber
Meaning unknown.

Adiela f Hebrew, English (Rare), Spanish (Latin American), South African
Feminine form of Adiel.

Adigheji m Isoko (Rare)
Means "pillar of the house" in Isoko.

Adigun m & f Yoruba
Means "bound upright" in Yoruba, figuratively "well-planned and successful".

Adim m & f Efik

Adimu f Swahili
Means “rare” in Swahili.

Adio m Yoruba
Means "bundled up and stood erect" in Yoruba, referring to someone who stands strong and tall.

Adiwa f Shona
Meaning "one who is beloved or desired", a longer form of the name can be Adiwanashe, deriving from the verb kudiwa.

Adiwanashe f Shona
Longer version of Adiwa

Adjoua f Baoulé
Derived from Baoulé jɔlɛ "Tuesday", referring to the day of the week on which the child was born and hence to be understood as "born on Tuesday".

Admase m Amharic
Means "my diamond" in Amharic.

Admassu m Amharic
Means "his horizon" in Amharic.

Admasu m Eastern African, Amharic
Means "his horizon" from Amharic አድማስ (admas) meaning "horizon".

Ado m & f Yoruba
Possibly derived from Yoruba ádò meaning "medicine gourd". This is also the name of two cities in Nigeria, both with different etymology.

Adoka f Efik

Adole m Idoma
Means "father of the house" in Idoma.

Adongo m & f Luo
Means "second of the twins" in Luo.

Adou m Western African

Adua f Tigrinya (Italianized, Rare), Italian (Rare)
Italian form of ዓድዋ also spelled Adwa or Aduwa. This is an Ethiopian town whose name means "village of Awa (people)" in Tigrinya.... [more]

Adubi f & m Yoruba
Means "one we struggled to birth" in Yoruba, from dù "to fight, struggle" and bí "to birth, be born". Sometimes given to children named Ige as a nickname.

Aduei f Dinka

Adugna m Ethiopian
Ethiopian name for men

Aduke f Yoruba
Means "one (people) struggle(d) to care for" in Yoruba.

Adunni f Yoruba
Means "sweet to have" in Yoruba, from dùn "sweet, pleasant" and ní "obtain, have, possess".... [more]

Aduor f Eastern African, Luo
Means "born at dawn" in Luo.

Adut f Eastern African
This name is borne by Adut Akech Bior ( born 25 December 1999), a South Sudanese-Australian model.

Adwin m Akan
Means "creative" in Akan.