Connecting African Heritage - Male

Okello

Ugandan

"born after twins"

Mellow and musical.

Onesimus

Greek

"beneficial, profitable"

Rarely used these days, Onesimus was the name of an escaped enslaved man in the Bible who met St. Paul in prison. Its Greek sound is obvious, and its four syllables make it one that might be hard to…

Shango

African, Yoruba, mythology name

More substantial than it sounds: Shango was the god of thunder and legendary ancestor of the Yoruba people of Nigeria.