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Badara

Fulani · First name · unisex · birth circumstance

Traditionally given for being born under a full moon; associated with brightness and auspiciousness.

Source: Fulfulde naming vocabulary, cross-referenced across Wikipedia (Fulani names) and independent Fulani-culture resources

Other Fulani first names

Fulfulde for "patient" or "meticulous".

Fulfulde for "beloved", from the root "yiɗi" (to love) plus a suffix marking the human agent of the action.

More birth circumstance names, from other cultures

From aba ("has come") + bio ("again"): "has come again." Given to a child born after an older sibling died, understood as that child returned.

Nyamekye · Akan

From Nyame ("God") + kyɛ ("to give, a gift"): "gift from God." Given to a child born after a long wait or prolonged childlessness.

Given to a child whose mother died.

Given to a child whose father died before the naming ceremony. The name is explained as "did not meet the father to receive joy".

A child born immediately after twins.

Namasiku · Lozi

Lozi for "born at night".

Ntukai · Maasai

Given to a child born during the rainy season.

Boonayyaa · Oromo

Given for a birth during the dry season.

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