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Bambara · First name · male · birth order name

Traditionally given to a third-born son; said to mean roughly "I have procreated abundantly" from the father's perspective.

Source: Bambara naming vocabulary, cross-referenced across Wikipedia (Bambara) and independent Mande-naming resources

Other Bambara first names

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

More birth order names, from other cultures

Ocen · Acholi
Given to the second-born of twins, from "cen", meaning "behind", reflecting the second twin's position in birth order.
Okello · Acholi
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).
Manu · Akan
The second-born son. Female form: Maanu.
Mensa · Akan
The third-born son. Female form: Mansa. This is the origin of the surname Mensah.
Foli · Ewe
Given to the firstborn son.
Dosu · Fon
A traditional Fon name for the first son born after a set of twins. Independently attested both as a given name (borne by King Agaja before he took the throne) and as "Dossou", one of the single most common surnames in Benin today.
Tettey · Ga
Given to the firstborn son. One of the most common Ga family names, carried on from this birth-order origin.
Kambale · Nande
Given to the second-born son, in the same Nande/Bakonzo birth-rank naming system as Mumbere.
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