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Hafsatu

Hausa · First name · female · descriptive name

A Hausa feminine given name meaning "gathering" (also used among Yoruba Muslims, reflecting shared Islamic naming influence across northern and southwestern Nigeria).

Source: Hausa naming tradition, cross-referenced across Wikipedia (Hafsatu) and independent Hausa-naming resources

Other Hausa first names

Born on a Monday, from the Hausa Litinin ("Monday").

Born on a Saturday, from the Hausa Asabar ("Saturday"). Female counterpart of Danasabe.

Born on a Wednesday, from the Hausa Laraba ("Wednesday"). Female counterpart of Balarabe.

Born on a Wednesday, from the Hausa Laraba ("Wednesday").

From dan ("son of") + Asabar ("Saturday"): a boy born on a Saturday.

From dan ("son of") + Juma'a ("Friday"): a boy born on a Friday.

Hausa for "born on a Sunday".

A boy born on a Thursday (Alhamis).

From dan ("son of") + Talata ("Tuesday"): a boy born on a Tuesday.

A child born immediately after twins.

Born on a Friday (Juma'a). Female counterpart of Danjuma; also spelled Jumai.

A girl born after a run of sons.

Born on a Sunday (Lahadi). Female counterpart of Danladi.

Born on a Thursday (Alhamis). Female counterpart of Danlami.

From Arabic "awal" (first), given to a first-born child; reflects the centuries-deep Islamic influence on Hausa naming.

Born on a Tuesday, from the Hausa Talata ("Tuesday"). Female counterpart of Dantala.

A boy born after a run of daughters.

More descriptive names, from other cultures

Tafsut · Amazigh

Tamazight for "spring" (the season).

Tilelli · Amazigh

Tamazight for "freedom".

Almaz · Amharic

Amharic for "diamond".

Birtukan · Amharic

Amharic for "orange" (the fruit). Borne by the opposition leader and judge Birtukan Mideksa.

From ada ("first-born daughter" — a standing every eldest Igbo daughter holds) + eze ("king"): "the king's first daughter" / "princess." Shortened to Ada.

Igbo for "blessing." Can be short for Ngozichukwu, "God's blessing."

Makena · Kikuyu

Kikuyu for "the happy one".

Mumbi · Kikuyu

Kikuyu for "she who shapes" or "molder", also the name of the mythic first mother of the Kikuyu people in their origin story (with Gikuyu as the first father).

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