Tekle

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.

A Ge'ez-origin name meaning "jasmine flower", widely used among Tigrinya speakers.

Tigrinya for "goodness, virtue, grace".

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".