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Tigrinya for "light".

Tigrinya for "victory".

Tigrinya for "eternal happiness".

From Ghebre/Gebre ("servant of") + Mariam (Mary): "servant of Mary" — one of the most productive naming patterns in Tigrinya, pairing Gebre- with a saint's name.

Usually glossed as "wealthy" in Tigrinya. We have not found a dictionary or a study of Tigrinya names that confirms it or explains how the name is formed.

Tigrinya for "goodness, virtue, grace".

Ge'ez for "plant" — shared with Amharic (both draw on the same liturgical language) but independently well attested as a Tigrinya given name.

Tigrinya for "my sun".

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".