U-Z
UDO f & m Western African, Igbo
Means “peace” in Igbo.
UDUAK m & f Western African, Ibibio
Means “will, desire” in Ibibio.
UDUAKOBONG m & f Western African, Ibibio
Means “God’s will” in Ibibio.
UFUOMA m & f Western African, Urhobo
Means “peace of mind” in Urhobo.
UMUKORO m Western African, Urhobo
Means “young man” in Urhobo.
UNATHI m & f Southern African, Xhosa
Means “he or she is with us” in Xhosa, from the prefix u- meaning “he, she” and nathi meaning “with us”.
UZOCHI m Western African, Igbo
Means “God’s way” in Igbo.
UZOMA m & f Western African, Igbo
Means “good way” in Igbo.
WAFULA m Eastern African, Luhya
Means “born during the rainy season”, from Luhya ifula meaning “rainy season”.
WAMALWA m Eastern African, Luhya
Means “born during the brewing season” in Luhya.
WANANGWA m & f Southern African, Tumbuka
Means “freedom” in Tumbuka.
WANJALA m Eastern African, Luhya
Means “born during famine”, from Luhya injala meaning “hunger, famine”.
WANYONYI m Eastern African, Luhya
Means “born during the weeding season”, from Luhya enyonyi me m Eastern African, Ganda
Means “first of twins” in Luganda.
WEKESA m Eastern African, Luhya
Means “born during harvest” in Luhya.
WORKNEH m Eastern African, Amharic
Means “you are gold”, from Amharic wärk meaning “gold”.
XOLANI m Southern African, Zulu
Means “peace” in Zulu.
YAKUBU m Western African, Hausa
Hausa form of YAKUB.
YAMIKANI m & f Southern African, Chewa
Means “be grateful, praise” in Chewa.
YAO m Western African, Ewe
Means “born on Thursday” in Ewe.
YARED m Biblical Hebrew, Eastern African, Ethiopian
Hebrew form of JARED. This form is also used in Ethiopia. It was borne by a semi-legendary 6th-century Ethiopian musician who is considered a saint in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church.
YAW m Western African, Akan
Means “born on Thursday” in Akan.
YOHANNES m Eastern African, Amharic
Amharic form of JOHN.
ZEPHANIA m Southern African
Variant of ZEPHANIAH. This form of the name appears to be used in southern Africa.
ZIKOMO m Southern African, Chewa
Means “thank you” in Chewa.
ZUBERI m Eastern African, Swahili
Means “strong” in Swahili.
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