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Maa for "the tall one".

Maa for "the polite one".

Often glossed as "the blessed one" in Maa. We have found this only in online name lists, not in a dictionary or a study of Maasai names.

Maa for "the wise one".

Given to a child born during a drought.

Given to a child born in the early morning.

Given to a child born in the evening.

Maa for "the sweet one".

Maa for "the lucky one".

Maa for "the peaceful one" — one of the best-known and most widely used Maasai women's names.

Maa for "the fortunate one" or "she who brings luck", a common and well-loved Maasai women's name.

Given to a child born during the rainy season.

Maa for "the joyous one".

Maa for "the pure one" or "the clean one".

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 on a Saturday.

Given to a boy born during the heavy-rains season, among the Ababukusu (a Luhya sub-group).

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".

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