Adamu
Borrowed from English Adam.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Names documented in Yoruba
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Aisaya
Borrowed from English Isaiah.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Alimi
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Alim
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Aliyu
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Ali
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Disu
From Arabic إِدْرِيس (ʔidrīs).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Elija
Borrowed from English Elijah.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Ganiyu
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English 'Abd al-Ghani
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Isiaka
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Isaac
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Isikiẹli
Borrowed from English Ezekiel.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Joṣua
Borrowed from English Joshua.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Kasimu
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Qasim
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Lamidi
From Arabic عَبْدُ الْحَمِيد (ʕabdu l-ḥamīd), perhaps through Hausa Àbdùlhàmîd
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Lasisi
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Abdulaziz
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
Maria
Borrowed from Latin Maria, borrowed from Ancient Greek Μᾰρῐ́ᾱ (Mărĭ́ā), borrowed from Aramaic מרים (maryam), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryɔm). Doublet of Mary,…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Matiu
Borrowed from English Matthew.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Mọmọdu
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Muhammad
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Muraina
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Imran, alternative form of Múráínọ̀
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
Murainọ
a male given name from Arabic, equivalent to English Imran
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends Ọ
Sitefanu
Borrowed from English Stephen and English Steven.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 4 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
Yisa
From Arabic عِيسَى (ʕīsā).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends A