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Lemayian

Maasai · First name · male · descriptive name

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.

Source: Maasai (Kenya, Tanzania) name. No dictionary or study of Maa names confirming this meaning was found (searched 13 October 2026). It is given in online name lists; those cited here earlier (Kenyan Magazine, sauce.co.ke, namesflare.com) were not re-read.

Other Maasai first names

Koinet
Maa for "the tall one".
Legishon
Maa for "the polite one".
Leleito
Given to a child born during a thunderstorm.
Loolenjai
Maa for "the wise one".
Naeket
Given to a child born during a drought.
Naeku
Given to a child born in the early morning.
Nalotieno
Given to a child born in the evening.
Namelo
Maa for "the sweet one".
Namunyak
Maa for "the lucky one".
Naserian
Maa for "the peaceful one" — one of the best-known and most widely used Maasai women's names.
Nashipai
Maa for "the fortunate one" or "she who brings luck", a common and well-loved Maasai women's name.
Ntukai
Given to a child born during the rainy season.
Sadera
Maa for "the joyous one".
Sironka
Maa for "the pure one" or "the clean one".

More descriptive names, from other cultures

Itri · Amazigh
Tamazight for "star". Amazigh names are frequently ordinary nouns used directly as personal names, rather than a separate naming vocabulary.
Alemayehu · Amharic
From "alem" (the world) and "ayehu" (I have seen): in use, understood to mean "I have enjoyed life".
Girma · Amharic
Amharic for "majesty, dignity, honour".
Gidado · Fulani
Fulfulde for "beloved", from the root "yiɗi" (to love) plus a suffix marking the human agent of the action.
Kariuki · Kikuyu
Kikuyu for "the reincarnated one", traditionally given when a child is believed to carry the spirit of a deceased relative.
Muchoki · Kikuyu
"The one who returns" — the male counterpart to Njoki, in the same reincarnation-naming tradition as the existing Kariuki: given when a child is believed to carry back a departed relative's spirit, often a grandfather's name passed to a grandson.
Oluoch · Luo
From Dholuo "luoch" (mist).
Andry · Malagasy
Malagasy for "pillar".
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