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Nkem
Nyabela
Nyiko
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…
Okeoma
Olatayo
Olaudah
Oloche
Olorun
Oyo
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.
Samkello
Samkelo
Shaka
Sibhoko
Tau
Indigenous Australian or Tswana, Sotho
"dusk, twilight; lion"
Tau, rhyming with cow, is a simple straightforward name with roots in two languages and cultures, the Kaurna language spoken by indigenous Australian people or the African Tswana language, a Bantu…
Thando
Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
"love"
A common unisex name used frequently in South Africa.
Themba
Xhosa, Zulu, Ndebele
"trust, hope"
Themba is a common male name in southern African countries such as Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Eswatini.
Tore
Diminutive of Salvator, variation of Thor, Italian, Norse
"savior; thunder"
In Norway, a Grandpa Name.