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Apio

Acholi · First name · female · birth order name

Given to the first-born of twins (female form of Opio).

Source: Acholi twin-naming convention, cross-referenced across Wikipedia (Okello), an academic paper on Acholi twin rituals (academia.edu), and independent Acholi-culture writeups

Other Acholi first names

Given to the second-born of twins, from "cen", meaning "behind", reflecting the second twin's position in birth order.

Given to a child born after a set of twins. One of the best-known Acholi names outside Uganda (borne by former Ugandan president Tito Okello).

Given to the first-born of twins. Acholi naming strongly marks birth order and the circumstances of birth, and twin births carry their own dedicated set of names.

More birth order names, from other cultures

The second-born daughter. Male form: Manu.

The third-born daughter. Male form: Mensa.

Given to the firstborn daughter.

Masika · Nande

Given to a first-born daughter, in the same Nande/Bakonzo birth-rank naming tradition (the female-line names follow their own, separate sequence from the male-line ones above).

Tatu · Swahili

Kiswahili for "three" — a third-born child.

Tisa · Swahili

Kiswahili for "nine" — a ninth-born child.

Alaba · Yoruba

Given to the child born after Idowu — continuing the special run of names that begins with a set of twins (Taiwo and Kehinde), then Idowu, then Alaba. Usually a girl's name.

Karamoko · Bambara

Manding for "cleric-teacher", a title-name reflecting the historical importance of Quranic scholarship among the Bambara and neighboring Manding-speaking peoples.

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