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

ADAMU m Amharic, Swahili, Hausa
Amharic, Swahili, and Hausa form of ADAM.

ALBARKA f Hausa
Feminine form of BARAK (2).

ARZIKI f Hausa
Means "wealth, prosperity" in Hausa.

BALARABA f Western African, Hausa
Feminine form of BALARABE.

BALARABE m Western African, Hausa
Means "born on Wednesday" in Hausa from element laraba "Wednesday".

DANDAUDA m Hausa
Is the name given to Sulaiman

DAUDA m Hausa
Hausa form of DAVID.

FA'IDAH f Hausa
Means "benefit, advantage" in Hausa.

FA'IQAH f Hausa
Means "surpassing, excellent" in Hausa.

FA'IZAH f Hausa
Means "victorious" in Hausa.

GADO m Hausa
Means "bed" in Hausa. This name is traditionally given to the child born after twins.

GAGARE m Hausa
Means "unconquerable" in Hausa.

GIWA m Western African, Hausa
Means "elephant" in Hausa.

HADADANGI m & f Western African, Hausa
Means "joining of clans" in Hausa.

HADIZATU f Hausa
Hausa form of KHATIJAH.

HAMIDU m Hausa
Hausa form of Hamid.

HANKALI m & f Hausa
Means "intelligent" in Hausa.

HARUNA m Western African, Hausa, Fula
Hausa and Fula form of Harun (see AARON).

HASSANA m Hausa
Hausa form of HASAN and HASSAN.

HAUWA f Western African, Hausa
Hausa form of EVE.

HAUWA'U f Hausa
Hausa form of EVE.

HUSAINI m Hausa
Hausa form of HUSAYN.

IBIRO m Hausa
Diminutive form of IBRAHIMU.

IBRAHIMU m Hausa
Hausa form of ABRAHAM.

IDARA f Hausa
Means "joy" in Hausa.

IDIRISU m Hausa
Hausa form of Idris.

ILIYASU m Hausa
Hausa form of ELIAS.

ISIYAKA m Hausa
Hausa form of ISAAC.

ISIYAKU m Hausa
Hausa form of ISAAC.

ISMA'ILU m Hausa
Hausa form of ISHMAEL.

ISUFU m Hausa
Hausa form of JOSEPH.

JIBIRILA m Hausa
Variant of JIBIRILU.

JIBIRILU m Hausa
Hausa form of GABRIEL.

JIBRILA m Hausa
Variant of JIBRILU.

JIBRILU m Hausa
Hausa form of GABRIEL.

KALLAMU m Hausa
Kallamu means Musa in Hausa

KARMAMI m Hausa
Means "cornstalk" in Hausa.

KAUNA f Hausa
Means "love" in Hausa.

KYAUN m & f Hausa
Means "beautiful" in Hausa.

LAFIYA f Hausa
Means "health" in Hausa.

LAMINDE f Hausa
Etymology uncertain. Traditionally given to girls born on Thursdays.

LARABA f Hausa
Derived from the Arabic رَابِعَة‎ (rābiʿa) meaning "fourth". This name is traditionally given to girls born on Wednesdays.

LU'U-LU'U f Hausa
Means "pearl" or "diamond" in Hausa.

MADAYA f Spanish (Canarian, Archaic), Hausa (Archaic), Berber (Archaic)
From Guanche *madăyya, meaning "beautiful thing to see". Besides the Canary Islands, this name was also used in Northern Africa.

MAIKARIFI m Hausa
Means "the strong one" in Hausa.

MAILAFIA m Hausa
Means "easygoing" in Hausa.

MAIRAK f Hausa
Means "daughter of a chief" in East Hausa.

MAIRAMA f Hausa
Variant form of MARYAMA.

MAIRO f Hausa
Diminutive form of MARYAMA.

MALAMI m Hausa
Means "scholar" in Hausa.

MAMUDA m Hausa
Variant form of MUHAMMADU.

MANSURAH f Hausa
Means "supporter, victorious" in Hausa.

MIKA'ILA m Hausa
Hausa form of MICHAEL.

NALADO m Hausa
Means "born on a Sunday" in Hausa.

NARAI f Hausa
Means "born on a Wednesday" in Sokoto Hausa.

NUHU m Hausa, Swahili
Hausa and Swahili form of Noah.

RAHAMA f Hausa
Means "mercy" in Hausa.

SA'IDU m Hausa
Hausa form of SA'ID.

SAKINAH f Hausa
Means "tranquility, peace of mind" in Hausa.

SALLAN m Hausa
Means "born on a feast day" in Hausa.

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).

SARATU f Hausa
Hausa form of SARA.

SHADARI m Hausa
Means "born during the cold season" in Hausa.

SHARIFIYA f Hausa
Means "born during Ramadan" in Hausa.

SHIBKAN m Hausa
Means "beans in the sowing season" in Hausa.

SULAIMANU m Hausa
Hausa form of SOLOMON.

SULEMANU m Hausa
Hausa form of SOLOMON.

TANKO m Hausa
Name given to a boy born after many girls.

TARANA f Hausa
Given for females who are born during the day.

TIJANI m & f Hausa
Means "gift" in Hausa.

TSOFO m Hausa
Means "old" in Hausa.

TURAI f Hausa
Name given to a girl born on a Tuesday.

USUMAN m Hausa
Hausa form of OSMAN.