African Names Meaning “Honorific”

African baby names associated with being honorific. 32 names that carry this beautiful quality.

32 names
Kweku-Yeboah
Ghana

Born on a Wednesday and a gift from God

Mame Coumba
Senegal

mother of Coumba

Marie-Joseph
Cameroon

Combination of Mary, the mother of Jesus, and Joseph, his earthly father

Meritre
Egypt

beloved of Re

Mewael
Eritrea

Gift from God

Moulay
Morocco

master

Moulay Yacoub
Morocco

servant of Jacob

Moulay Yedida
Morocco

Yedida means 'beloved'

Mwanahamisi
Tanzania

The child of Mwanahamisi

Ntombikayise
Eswatini

daughter of Kayise

Nyanneh
Liberia

blessed by the ancestors

Padiiset
Egypt

Gift of Isis