Eastern African names include those from Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. See also about African names.
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SellafAfrican, Southern African, Eastern African, Indonesian Meaning unknown. It may be a loan word from Arabic صَلَّى (ṣallā), meaning "to pray, to bless," or Arabic سَلَّى (sallā), meaning "to amuse, entertain, comfort." It may also be a variation of Selah.
SudaysimSomali (Arabized, Modern) Based on the name of sheikh Abdul Rahmane Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais, Imam of the great mosque of Mekka. Arab al-sudais means "the sixth".
TafarrimAmharic Means "one who is respected" in Amharic.
TahiilmSomali Means "someone who is well balanced" in Somali.
TaitufEthiopian Name of a 19th century Ethiopian empress known for founding the now-capital city of Addis Ababa and fending off Italian invasion of Ethiopia
TakatifumSwahili Swahili masculine name meaning "sacred, holy".
TeglafEastern African, Pokot A famous bearer is Tegla Chepkite Loroupe (born 1973) a Kenyan long-distance track and road runner. She is also a global spokeswoman for peace, women's rights and education.
TesfamariammEastern African, Amharic Means "hope of Mary" from Amharic ተስፋ (tasfa) meaning "hope" and ማርያም (Mariyami), the Amharic form of Miriam (see Mary).
UdeerafSwahili Udeera was a baby born in the covenant of kings in africa she went through trials and tribulations growing up , stories told that god helped her throughout hard times and starvation.... [more]
ViriolafEastern African (Rare), Ancient Roman (?) Attia Viriola was a client of the ancient Roman lawyer and statesman Pliny the Younger (61-113), whose legal case he described in his Epistles.
WaaqmOromo (Latinized, Archaic), Somali (Latinized, Archaic) Waaq is a name for the ancient Cushitic sky god. He was the supreme creator and god to the indigenous religions of several Cushitic peoples before the advent of the Abrahamic religions in the Horn of Africa... [more]
Wamwemam & fSwahili (Modern, Rare) A Christian surname with swahili origin that mean belonging to the one that is good. Belonging to God who is the only one that is good.
WangũifKikuyu, African Mythology Variant of Wangũ. A famous bearer of the name was one of the daughters of Kikuyu and Mumbi, the first man and woman in Kikuyu Mythology.
WarsamemSomali Means "good news", derived from Somali war meaning "information, news" and same "good, positive".
WarsanfSomali Means "good news", derived from Somali war meaning "news" combined with the Somali feminine name suffix -san, itself a derivative of Somali wanaagsan meaning "good". A notable bearer of this name is Warsan Shire (1988-), a British writer, poet, editor and teacher of Somali descent.
WarũgũrũfKikuyu Means "the one from the west" in Kikuyu.
XirsimSomali This Somali name means "safeguard." The word xirsi also means "safeguard." The x in Somali is a voiceless pharyngeal fricative, a throaty sound that is not present in English. Somalis outside of Somalia may spell the name as HIRSI or HERSI.
ZambomCentral African, Eastern African Is a popular given name for boys in many West Central African nations. Also the name of an Italian Safari crime drama film and the duology of jungle themed Bollywood mad scientist films that inspired the Captive Wild Woman series.