Roobaa

Afaan Oromo for "one who reconciles" — a relational aspiration for the child, typical of older Oromo naming.

Afaan Oromo for "one with good fortune".

Afaan Oromo for "one who rewards".

Afaan Oromo for "knowledgeable".

Given for a birth during the dry season.

Afaan Oromo for "one who makes relatives" — an accommodative, community-binding name.

Given for a birth in the evening (galgala, "evening").

Afaan Oromo for "happiness, joy".

Afaan Oromo for "joy" or "happiness".

Afaan Oromo for "one who takes care of others".

Afaan Oromo for "light".

Afaan Oromo for "precious stone".

Afaan Oromo for "sprouting".

Afaan Oromo for "tolerance".

Afaan Oromo for "mountain".

Afaan Oromo for "one with a good aroma".

Afaan Oromo sentence name meaning "God has been good to us".

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".

Given to a child born during a thunderstorm.