African Names - Meanings and their Origins
| N A M E | O R I G I N | M E A N I N G | M / F |
| Abba | African | Born on Thursday | Girl |
| Abdalla | African | Servant of God. (Swahili). | Boy |
| Abebe | African | Asked for (Nigerian). | Girl |
| Abebi | African | Asked for (Nigerian). | Girl |
| Abeeku | African | Ghanian word for one who is born on Wednesday. | Boy |
| Abejide | African | Nigerian name for one who is born in the wintertime. | Boy |
| Abeni | African | Girl prayed for | Girl |
| Abiba | African | child born after grandmother died | Girl |
| Abiodun | African | Nigerian name given to one born during war. | Boy |
| Abiola | African | Nigerian name given to one born during the New Year. | Boy |
| Abu | African | Father | Boy |
| Adamma | African | Beautiful Girl | Girl |
| Adana | African | Her father's daughter. (Nigerian). | Girl |
| Adanna | African | Her father's daughter. (Nigerian). | Girl |
| Adanya | African | Her father's daughter. (Nigerian). | Girl |
| Addae | African | Ghanian word for the morning sun. | Boy |
| Ade | African | Crown, Royal | Boy |
| Adebayo | African | Nigerian for 'he was happy'. | Boy |
| Adejola | African | Nigerian name meaning 'the crown needs honour'. | Boy |
| Adem | African | Red Earth | Boy |
| Adeola | African | Crown has Honor | Girl |
| Adesola | African | Nigerian name meaning 'the crown honoured us'. | Boy |
| Adiel | African | Goat | Boy |
| Adika | African | Ghanian name given to the first child from a second husband. | Boy |
| Adila | African | Just, Fair | Girl |
| Adio | African | Righteous. (Nigerian.). | Boy |
| Adisa | African | The clear one (Nigerian). | Boy |
| Adita | African | Basket | Girl |
| Adofo | African | Ghanian word for warrior. | Boy |
| Adom | African | God's blessing. (Ghanian). | Boy |
| Adunbi | African | Nigerian word for pleasant. | Boy |
| Adusa | African | Ghanian name given to the thirteenth-born child. | Boy |
| Affrica | African-American | From Africa | Girl |
| Afia | African | Born on Friday | Girl |
| Afric | African-American | Pleasant | Girl |
| Afya | African | Health | Girl |
| Aganju | African | In Yoruban mythology, Aganju was the son and husband of Ododua, the earth goddess. | Boy |
| Aissa | African | grateful | Girl |
| Aitan | Hebrew, African | fights of possession | Boy |
| Aiyetoro | African | Peace on earth. (Nigerian). | Boy |
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