African Names for girls 2024: Meanings and Origin

Female African Names for girls with full meanings and origin. Positive and negative traits of names.

Most Popular Female African Names for girls 2024

Name:	Gender:	Category:
Wanjiku	f	Eastern African, Kikuyu
Yewubdar	f	Eastern African, Amharic
Ogechi	f	Western African, Igbo
Thandi	f	Southern African, Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele
Zuhura	f	Eastern African, Dhivehi, Swahili
Saynab	f	Eastern African, Somali
Xaliima	f	Eastern African, Somali
Sekai	f	Southern African, Shona
Ugochi	f	Western African, Igbo
Nkosazana	f	Southern African, Xhosa
Wambui	f	Eastern African, Kikuyu
Wangui	f	Eastern African, Kikuyu
Nosizwe	f	Southern African, Xhosa
Rumbidzai	f	Southern African, Shona
Tapiwa	f	Southern African, Shona
Zainabu	f	Eastern African, Western African, Hausa, Swahili
Kahina	f	Northern African, Berber
Nyambura	f	Eastern African, Kikuyu
Masego	f	Southern African, Tswana
Mumbi	f	Eastern African, Kikuyu

Male

Female

Name:	Gender:	Category:
Aamina	f	Eastern African, Somali, Arabic
Aaminata	f	Western African, Fula
Abeba	f	Eastern African, Amharic
Abena	f	Western African, Akan
Abeni	f	Western African, Yoruba
Aberash	f	Eastern African, Amharic
Abosede	f	Western African, Yoruba
Achieng	f	Eastern African, Luo
Adaeze	f	Western African, Igbo
Adanna	f	Western African, Igbo
Adannaya	f	Western African, Igbo
Adenike	f	Western African, Yoruba
Adhiambo	f	Eastern African, Luo
Adjoa	f	Western African, Akan
Adwoa	f	Western African, Akan
Adzo	f	Western African, Ewe
Afi	f	Western African, Ewe
Afia	f	Western African, Akan
Afua	f	Western African, Akan
Aïchatou	f	Western African
Aisha	f	Eastern African, Arabic, Western African, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili, African American
Aishatu	f	Western African, Hausa
Aïssa	f	Western African
Aïssatou	f	Western African
Akinyi	f	Eastern African, Luo
Akosua	f	Western African, Akan
Aku	f	Western African, Ewe
Akua	f	Western African, Akan
Alheri	f	Western African, Hausa
Ama	f	Western African, Akan