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Maasai names and their meanings

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The Maasai are a Nilotic people of northern, central, and southern Kenya and northern Tanzania, whose ancestors migrated south from what is now South Sudan around the 15th century. Traditionally fully nomadic pastoralists, Maasai society is organized around age-sets that every man passes through over his lifetime, from warrior to elder.

First names (15)

descriptive name

Maa for "the tall one".

Maa for "the polite one".

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.

Maa for "the wise one".

Maa for "the sweet one".

Maa for "the lucky one".

Maa for "the peaceful one" — one of the best-known and most widely used Maasai women's names.

Maa for "the fortunate one" or "she who brings luck", a common and well-loved Maasai women's name.

Maa for "the joyous one".

Maa for "the pure one" or "the clean one".

birth circumstance

Given to a child born during a thunderstorm.

Given to a child born during a drought.

Given to a child born in the early morning.

Given to a child born in the evening.

Given to a child born during the rainy season.

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