African Names Meaning “Traditional”

African baby names associated with being traditional. 1,899 names that carry this beautiful quality.

1,899 names
Yamah
Liberia

Yam goddess

Yambata
Central African Republic

Born during harvest

Yambio
Sudan

land of the dead

Yaméogo
Burkina Faso

Born at the time of yams

Yamoussa
Guinea

Peaceful

Yanda
Central African Republic

A respected elder

Yandiswa
South Africa

Be increased

Yaqub
Sudan

Supplanter

Yaraye
Niger

River goddess

Yassine
Tunisia

descendant of the Prophet

Yaw-Nyamekye
Ghana

Born on Thursday, gift of God

Yaxye
Somalia

gift