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African and Western Names and Meanings

Browse more than 424 first names and surnames with meanings, grouped by culture. You can also search any name in the tool.

African cultures

• Yoruba names – Nigeria, Benin, Togo
• Igbo names – Southeast Nigeria
• Hausa-Fulani names – Northern Nigeria, Niger, Ghana, Cameroon
• Akan (Ashanti, Fante) names – Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire
• Wolof and Senegambian peoples names – Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania
• Nguni (Zulu, Xhosa and kin) names – South Africa, Eswatini, Zimbabwe
• Kikuyu and Kenyan highland peoples names – Central Kenya
• Habesha (Amhara, Tigrayan, Oromo and kin) names – Ethiopia, Eritrea
• Somali names – Somalia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya
• Swahili coast names – Kenya, Tanzania coast, Zanzibar
• Amazigh (Berber) and North African Arab names – Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt
• Kongo and Central African peoples names – DR Congo, Congo, Angola, Cameroon, Gabon

Western cultures

• Irish names – Ireland
• Scottish names – Scotland
• English names – England
• Welsh names – Wales
• German and Central European names – Germany, Austria, Switzerland
• French names – France, Belgium, Quebec
• Italian names – Italy, Sicily, Sardinia
• Spanish, Portuguese and Basque names – Spain, Portugal
• Nordic names – Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland
• Polish and Slavic names – Poland, Czechia, Ukraine, Balkans