AFRICAN NAMES AND MEANINGS

If you are looking for a very unique name for your baby girl or your baby boy why not look at the continent with the most unique and beautiful names on the planet.  African names are the most unique and the most meaningful names on the planet.

 Africa being the largest Continent on the planet has a large variety of cultures and people. This is why because of all the goodness and the variety in only one continent, some say God is from Africa. Even though it seems kind of crazy, but who would blame them, Africa is the most gifted continent at every aspect. With its rich diversity in tradition, people from let’s say, Cameroon are educated differently from South Africa culturally. This uniqueness causes African girls and African boys from different countries and tribes in Africa to have their own unique names with awesome meanings. As we already know by now, what makes Africa more interesting is it diverse cultures, tribes and the names of tribes. In Africa, a single country has about 30 tribes, in a single tribe, you can find about a thousand Baby boy names and Baby girl names with their own unique meanings. For example, I am from a Cameroonian tribe called Bali Nyonga, my name is “Bumlangmia”. This name is a unique name; I bet you have never heard a name like that before, just trying to pronounce it might cause some serious problems with your mouth. It has its own unique meaning, which is “a soldier in a battlefield”.

African names and meanings outnumber Africans. Some countries in Africa do not give English names to their babies; they prefer to keep the name giving 100% African. They feel like a step out of that zone will cause them to lose their very African essence. Africa has beautiful names, unique names for females and males; some of those names include:

1.      The name Zahra is a name of baby girl. Zahra is from an African origin meaning: Flowering. (Swahili).

2.      The name Omari is a name of baby boy. Omari is from an African origin meaning: God the highest (Swahili).

3.      The name Dalia is a name of a baby girl. Dalia comes from an African origin meaning: Gentle (Tanzanian). And you thought Dalia was an American name, I thought so too.

4.      The name Ada is a name of baby girl. It is from an African origin, meaning: First Daughter (Nigerian). If you watch Nigerian movies, you probably know this name already.

5.      The name Tanesha is a name given to a baby girl. It is From an African origin. It has the meaning: Born on Monday. This one has no place of origin. Weird huh?

6.      Lulu is a name given to a baby girl. The name Lulu comes from the African origin. In Africa Lulu means: Pearl (Tanzanian).

7.      The name Bobo is given to a baby boy. Bobo comes from an African origin. It is a: Ghanaian name given to a child born on Tuesday. Yikes, talk about weird names.

8.      The name Neema is a name given to a baby girl. The name comes from an African origin. It means: Born in prosperity. (Swahili). But Some say it is Actually a Swahili word meaning Grace. So it actually means full of Grace.

9.      The name Jabarl is a name of a baby boy. It is from an African origin meaning: Valiant. (Swahili).

10.  The name Fynn is a name given to a baby boy. This name comes from an African origin. In Africa Fynn is a Name of a river in Ghana.

11.  The name Shaka is a name of a baby boy. Shaka comes from an African origin. In African Shaka is: The name of the Zulu tribal leader sometimes compared to Attila the Hun. Shaka shaped an amalgamation of tribes into the great Zulu nation in the early 19th century. (Zulu).

12.  Essien is a name given to a baby boy. Essien comes from an African origin. It’s a Name given to the sixth-born child. Now we know Michael Essien (soccer player) is the six born child in his family.

13.  The name Kalifa is a name of a baby girl it is also given boys. The name Kalifa is from as African origin. In Africa the meaning of the name Kalifa is: Chaste; holy. (Somali).

14.  The name Latifah is a name given to a baby girl. The name Latifah is from an African-American origin. In English the meaning of the name Latifah is: One who is elegant. Is queen latifah elegant? Ooh yeah, she is.

15.  The name Azi is a given to baby boys. The name Azi comes from an African origin. It’s a Nigerian name meaning 'youth'.