Fula Submitted Names

Fula names are used by the Fula people of western Africa.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Agibu m Fula
Fulani name meaning ‘patient, meticulous’

Ardo m Fula
Meaning "chief" or "ruler".

Coumba f Western African, Fula
Means "the one who has the strength" in Fula.

Djenabou f Fula

Ejatu f Western African, Fula
Sierra Leonean name, allegedly derived from Arabic eja ati meaning "movement", or perhaps a form of Aïchatou.

Falala f Western African, Fula
Means "born into abundance" in Fula.

Laamiiɗo m Fula
A Fulani honorific term, derived from the root laamu, meaning “leadership”

Lamido m Fula (Anglicized), Nigerian
Anglicized form of Laamiiɗo.

Penda f Fula
Given to the third child.

Samba m Western African, Fula
Senegalese Fula name used to denote a second-born son.

Sanusi m Indonesian, Malay, Nigerian, Fula, Hausa
From Arabic سَنُوسِيّ (sannūsī), the name of a Sufi order and clan that existed in Libya and the Sudan region. The sect was named after its founder, Muslim theologian Muhammad ibn Ali al-Sanusi (1787-1859).

Sékou m Fula (Gallicized)
Variant of Sekou.

Sekou m Fula
Fula form of the Arabic title Sheikh.

Seku m Fula
Older form of Sekou.

Yezo m Fula, Western African
A name used by the Fula people, who are the largest ethnic group in Western Africa and the Sahel.

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