Northern African Submitted Names

ABIBA f Northern African
Has its origins in the Moroccan language and means "first child born after the grandmother has died."

ADDI m Northern African
Frequently used by Amazigh people (Berbers) in North Africa and by Amazigh immigrants in Europe and elsewhre.

ADERFI m Berber (Rare)
Means "the released" in Berber.

ADID m Berber
Meaning unknown.

AGHILAS m Berber, Northern African
Means "tiger" in Central Atlas Tamazight or "leopard, panther" in Kabyle.

AKLI m Berber, 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.

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.

AMASTAN m Berber, Northern African
Means "protector, defender", derived from the Tamazight root esten meaning "to protect, to defend".

AMAZIGH m Berber, 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]

AMEQQRAN m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle variant of Ameqran.

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

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.

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

ARESKI m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Arezki.

AREZKI m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name meaning "one who nourishes" or "benefactor", derived from the Tamazight root rzq meaning "nourishing, beneficial".

AREZQI m Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Arezki.

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

AZMAR m Berber
Meaning unknown.

AZUZ m Berber
Meaning unknown.

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.

BAKHTA f African, Arabic, Berber
Means "starry" in Berber.

BALOUA m Berber
Meaning unknown.

BASI m Berber
Meaning unknown.

BAYA f Berber, Northern African
Kabyle name of unknown meaning.

BUYAN f Berber
Meaning unknown.

DAHMANE m Berber, Northern African, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Kabyle contraction of Abderrahmane (see Abd al-Rahman).

DAMYA f Berber, Northern African, History
Tamazight feminine given name, an alternative possible given name of the Berber warrior-queen and leader Kahina.

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

DANATA f Ge'ez
Feminine form of Danat.

DASSIN f Berber (Rare)

DAWIT m Bashkir, Ge'ez, Amharic
Bashkir form of Dawud and Ge'ez and Amharic form of David.

DIHYA f Berber, Northern African, History
Meaning unknown. This was the real name of Kahina, an Amazigh warrior queen who resisted Arab expansion into North Africa (d. 700 AD).

DYHIA f Berber
Variant of Dihya.

ELKAISSA f Berber (Rare)
Possibly means "the pause" from Kabyle Berber.

FADHMA f Berber, Northern African
Kabyle form of Fatima.

FADMA f Berber
Variant of Fadhma used in Morocco.

FORTUNÉE f French, Jewish, Northern African
French form of Fortunata.

FOUROU m Berber
Meaning unknown.

GEMARA f Jewish, Northern African

GHILAS m Berber, Northern African
Short form of Aghilas.

GUDIT f Eastern African, Ge'ez
Ge'ez form of Judith.... [more]

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.

IDDER m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Idir.

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

IJJU f Berber

ILLI f Berber (Rare)
Literally "My daughter"

ISGADEN m Berber
Meaning unknown.

ITTU f Berber

IZEBBOUDJEN m & f Berber
From the berber word meaning "Olive tree".

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

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

IZZA f Berber

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]

KAHENA f Berber, History
Variant of Kahina.

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

KAÏNA f Berber, French
French variant spelling of Kahina.

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

KELLA f Berber

KHAMSA f Jewish, Northern African

KHAULA f Northern African
Moroccan

LALLA f Berber
This name means "Lady"... [more]

LOUNÈS m Berber, Northern African
Means "companion" or "to keep company" in Kabyle, possibly of Arabic origin.

LOUNIS m Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Lounès (chiefly Algerian).

LUNJA f Berber (Rare)
Lunja stands for a fairytale princess.

MAKOUD m Berber
Meaning unknown.

MASENSEN m Berber
means "Their Master"

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

MASSA f Berber
A term of respect meaning "Mistress" and a name usually given to high born.

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.

ḤMED m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle form of Ahmad.

MEKIOUSSA f Berber (Rare)
Of Kabyle Berber origin with an unknown meaning.

MENZA f Berber
Meaning unknown.

MERIN m Berber
Meaning unknown.

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".

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 Berber, Northern African
Variant of Muḥend.

MUḤEMMED m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle form of Muhammad.

MUḤEND m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle form of Mohand.

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

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

NAYRAM m Berber
king

NOUMIDIA f Berber (Rare), Arabic (Maghrebi, Rare)
A modern coinage derived from the name of the Ancient Berber kingdom and later Roman province Numidia.... [more]

REZKI m Berber, Northern African
Variant of Arezki.

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

SAƐID m Berber, Northern African
Kabyle form of Sa'id.

SEGULA f Jewish, Northern African
Hebrew word name, it has several meanings.... [more]

SIDRA f Jewish, Northern African
Means "order, sequence" in Hebrew. It refers to a weekly reading portion of the Torah, so the whole Torah is completed every year. This name is typical of North African Jewry.

SIMAN f Berber (Rare)
Siman stands for 'two souls', referring to parents, the name in away implies the child is their combination or fruit.

SURA f Muslim, Berber
Means "highness of status, highness of rank, glory" in Arabic.

TADERFIT f Berber (Rare)
Means "liberation" in Berber.

TADLA f Berber (Rare)
Means "branches" in Berber.

TAFRARA f Berber, Northern African
Means "aurora, dawn" in Kabyle (chiefly Algerian).

TAFSUT f Berber, Northern African
Means "spring, springtime" in Kabyle (chiefly Algerian).

TAGWERRAMT f Berber
It stands for ‘pious or holy’

TAGWIZULT f Berber
Means "brave" in Berber.

TAKAMA f Berber
Means "warmth" in Berber.

TAKLIT f Berber
Meaning unknown.

TAMENZUT f Berber
the name itself means ‘first born’.... [more]

TANAMART f Berber
Means "happy" in Berber.

TANARUZ f Berber, African
Feminine form of Anaruz.

TASA f Berber
Means "love" when used as a name. Literally means "liver," the organ thought to be the seat of emotions, much like the heart's role in Western cultures.

TASSADIT f Berber, Northern African
Algerian Kabyle name derived from Arabic سَعْد (saʿd) meaning "good fortune, luck, success" combined with the Tamazight prefix and suffix ⵜⴰ- (ta-) and -ⵜ (-t), respectively.

TAZSHARII f Northern African (Rare)

TIKUNA f Jewish, Northern African
From Hebrew tikun, "repair, rectification".... [more]

TILELLI f Berber, Northern African
Means "freedom" in Kabyle (chiefly Algerian).

TIMA f Berber

TIYYA f Berber
Means The"Nice"

TIZEMT f Berber (Rare), Northern African (Rare)
Means "lioness" in Tamazight, ultimately from ⵉⵣⴻⵎ (izem) meaning "lion" (chiefly Moroccan).

TIZIRI f Northern African, Berber
Means "moonlight" in Tamazight.

TOUKA f Berber
Variant of Tuka.

TOUYA f Berber
tree

TUKA f Berber, Arabic
Means "Fear of God" in Berber.

TUMSILT f Berber
this name means ‘one who is well-built’.

TZEDDIG f Berber
Meaning unknown.

UGWISTAN m Berber
Meaning unknown.

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

WARMAKSAN m Berber (Rare)
this name means ‘without enemy or undefeatable’.

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

YIDIR m Berber, Northern African
Variant transcription of Idir.

YUGERTEN m Berber
Original Berber form of Jugurtha.

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

ZINEB f Berber, Arabic (Maghrebi)
Tamazight form of Zaynab used mainly in Morocco.

ZIRA f Berber
Feminine of Ziri.

ZIRI m Berber
Masculine form of Tiziri.