Western African names include those from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo. See also about African names.
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Oluwatimileyinm & fYoruba The name OLUWATIMILEYIN is of Yoruba language Origin in Nigeria which means "God Supported me".Children in Nigeria are widely named Oluwatimileyin because of the Cultural believe that the name holds a Prayer with it "God supported me" or "God, support me".
OluwatonilobafYoruba Means "God is good to have a king" in Yoruba. This is the full given name of the winner of "Germany's Next Top Model" 2018, Oluwatoniloba Dreher-Adnuga.
Oluwatosinm & fYoruba Means "God is worth worshiping" in Yoruba.
OmotanwafYoruba Means "the child we searched for" in Yoruba.
Omotolaf & mYoruba Means "child is as worthy as wealth" in Yoruba.... [more]
OmotundemYoruba Means "the child has returned" in Yoruba, typically given to an Abiku child. Abiku are spirits that are believed to enter a pregnant woman and move in a constant cycle of birth, death, and rebirth... [more]
Omoyef & mNigerian A name of African Origin meaning ‘a loved child’.
OnwutalobimIgbo Means "death has eaten the kingdom", a shortened form of the sentence I ga adi makana onwu talu obi, roughly translating as "you will endure as death has claimed our entire family".
OnyakoponmAkan Onyakopon is the God of the Akan people of Ghana. The name means "he who knows and sees everything" and "omniscient, omnipotent sky god" in the Akan language. ... [more]
Onyinyechukwuf & mIgbo, Nigerian Means "God's gift" from Igbo onyinye meaning "gift, present" and chukwu meaning "God".
Oparaf & mIgbo Opara is common as a surname or literal word in Nigeria. The oldest son, who has inherited the rights and responsibilities of his father after his father has died.
OrnicarmPopular Culture, Western African (Rare) From the phrase Mais où est donc Ornicar? that is a mnemonic of the French coordinating conjunctions. The phrase is also the title of a movie and part of the French Chuck Norris fact Chuck Norris knows where Ornicar is.
OsazeemEdo This is a religious name. It deals with Osanobua, the creator god, intervention from Edo mythology. There are different meanings apparently. In the case of Osazee one is "God's chosen one." Another case for Osazee is "Osanobua has reconciled us." In the case of Osaze its "God delivered me." In the Osaze situation it deals with conflict and family stress... [more]
Osem & fEsan Means "god" in Esan. This is also the short form of names that begin in this element.
OsebomAkan Osebo is a LEOPARD in the ancient stories of Ananse, the "Spider Man". He was PHYSICALLY STRONG.
OtaikumYoruba (Modern, Rare) This name means a hard stone can not die. In Ijebu land, which a part of the "Yoruba" race, a fine polished hard stone commonly found in the bed of rivers is called Ota. ... [more]
OviemNigerian Ovie means “King” in Urhobo, a language that belongs to the Urhobo people of Nigeria. It will have baby walking (or crawling) around with all the swagger deserving of a monarch.
OyinbodeifIjaw OYINBODEI is an ijaw tribe name of west africa meaning "OUR MOTHER HAS RETURNED" A name given to children believed to have #REINCARNITATED
Oyindamolaf & mYoruba Means "honey mixed with wealth" in Yoruba.
Oyinedideif & mIjaw Means "God has cared for me" in Ijaw.
OyinkansolafYoruba Means "sweetness is dropped into wealth" in Yoruba.
Perezimof & mIjaw Means "born into wealth" in Ijaw.
Piesiem & fAkan Traditionally given to the first born child - the name literally means "erupting from an anthill", from pie "erupt from a place", and sie meaning "anthill".
PinaerefIjaw PINAERE an ijaw tribe name of west Africa meaning "LIGHT SKINNED WOMAN" Pina
Poukonm & fIjaw Means "born on the riverside" in Ijaw.
PrahfWestern African Used in Ghana, West Africa among Akan peoples. Shortened form of the name of the river spirit Bohsum-Prah. Usually used together with Nana: Nana-Prah.
SanusimIndonesian, 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).
SarraouniafHausa From the name of Sarraounia Mangou, a Nigerian chief or priestess who fought the French colonial troops of the Voulet–Chanoine Mission at the Battle of Lougou in 1899. According to Wikipedia, her name means "queen" or "female chief".
SiakamWestern African Siaka, meaning ''chief'', was the one who made the tribes in primarily West Africa. In old culture every family had to name at least one son Siaka.
SiendoumManding This name is originally from the Arabic name Said. Among West Africa's Manding people, mainly in Northern Cote d'Ivoire in places like Kong, Dabakala, Satama Sokura and Sokoro. A variant of the name in Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea where the same Mande people with differing dialects live, Seydou... [more]
SihonmWestern African Masculine name often found in Burkina Faso & neighboring regions.
Síilenem & fBandial Means "they (cows) make (birds) fly" in Bandial.
SijuolafYoruba Means "wealth opener" or "open the eyes of wealth" in Yoruba.
Tafam & fYoruba Means "belonging to the white oracle" in Yoruba, derived from ti meaning "belonging to", àlà meaning "white cloth; banner" and ifá meaning "divination; oracle". It is possibly used as diminutive of a longer name as well.
TaiomYoruba, Papuan Variant of Tayo 1. A famous bearer is British singer-songwriter Taio Cruz (1985-), born Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere, the son of a Nigerian father and Brazilian mother.