African Names

Type a description of Igbo and get eight names back, drawn from real naming conventions.

Type a description of a Beninese person and eight names come back, drawn from Fon, Yoruba and Bariba naming.

A Xhosa name generator that turns your description into eight names, drawn from real naming practice.

Type a description of a Malian person and eight names come back, drawn from Bambara, Fulfulde, Songhai and other naming traditions.

Type a description of a Zimbabwean person or setting and eight names come back, drawn from Shona and Ndebele usage.

Khoisan names carry click consonants and Dutch or English spellings into passport queues every week.