Wafula

Given to a girl born during the heavy-rains season (female form of Wafula).

Given to a boy born on a Saturday.

Given to a boy born during the harvest season.

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

A boy born after a run of daughters.

From nna m ("my father") + dị ("lives, is alive"): "my father lives." Traditionally given to a boy born after the death of his father, grandfather or great-grandfather, believed to be that man returned. Borne by Nnamdi Azikiwe, Nigeria's first president.

Given to a boy born at midnight. It is one of the Luo names for the time of day a child was born; a girl is given the same name beginning with A.

Dholuo for "born during the rainy season".

Given to a child born during a thunderstorm.

"One who rains" — given for a birth during the rains.

From geedi ("journey, migration"): a boy born while the family was on the move with the herds.