Guled

Somali for "the lion".

Somali for "blessing" and "prosperity".

Somali for "abundance, prosperity" — the green plenty that follows good rains.

"The fortunate one" — a person born with luck.

From dahab ("gold").

From deeq ("gift, generosity"): "generous one".

"The one who warms" — who comforts and encourages.

An old Somali name meaning "joy, happiness" — distinct from, though often conflated with, the Arabic name Farah.

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

Somali for "wealthy" or "rich".

From roob ("rain"): a boy born during the rains — a blessing in a pastoralist land.

From sama ("good"): "he who works for good".

Somali for "flower".

From war ("news"): "he brought the news" — a bearer of good tidings.

Somali for "bringer of glad tidings" or "good news".

"Protective amulet, safeguard" — a name meant to shield the child from harm.

Tamazight for "star". Amazigh names are frequently ordinary nouns used directly as personal names, rather than a separate naming vocabulary.

From "alem" (the world) and "ayehu" (I have seen): in use, understood to mean "I have enjoyed life".

Amharic for "majesty, dignity, honour".

Fulfulde for "beloved", from the root "yiɗi" (to love) plus a suffix marking the human agent of the action.

Kikuyu for "the reincarnated one", traditionally given when a child is believed to carry the spirit of a deceased relative.

"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.

From Dholuo "luoch" (mist).

Maa for "the polite one".