I need an Afrikaans/ South African name for a baby girl. I can't find any I like on Google. Any ideas?

Question

I need an Afrikaans/ South African name for a baby girl. I can't find any I like on Google. Any ideas?

Answer 1

I like these--

Acacia (short names = Cacia, Casey, Casia) - Greek - name of flower

Aisha - Arabic - prospering; variations of Aisha include

Adrienne

good luck and hope I helped =]xo

Answer 2

I love the name naledi, it is south african, and it just sounds beautiful.

http://www.20000-names.com/female_africa... Also, this is a wonderful site with literally hundreds of names coming from africa, and south africa. you can also look for names and find names coming from all over the world.

i hope this helps you x

Answer 3

Marieke

Answer 4

Hey i know a few young afrikaans girls and they names are:

Jacoba (Ja cobe a)

Selome ( Sa lome e)

Naoblee (Na obe lee)

Niari/ Ngari ( Niah ree)

Hope this helps!

Answer 5

zitzee not sure about much more

Answer 6

I have a friend who is African and he calls me GudJa  ( good- Ja) , he told me it means YELLOW jeLLo

Answer 7

how about Roots

Answer 8

I kinda like p**i and Naledi...

Answer 9

Marieke

Esme

Thandi(we)

Lindi(we)

Altja

Aty

Answer 10

http://www.iol.co.za/html/babynet/names_...

A list of commonly used South African names.

Answer 11

Antije-Afrikaans-graceful

Becca-African-prophet

Answer 12

There are 389 African origin girls names on www.babynamesworld.com.

Some that I think are particually nice are:

Adanya,

Adena,

Alake ( I also love Alaka but it's not listed as African it's Arabic),

Amara,

Faraa,

Hanna,

Kali,

Kaziah,

Kiah,

Layla,

Lisha,

Nadifa,

Nyah,

Shade,

Tanisha,

Tobi,

Zaire,

Zuna.

I hope that helps you and gives you some beautiful suggestions.

Answer 13

Try here:

http://www.behindthename.com/usage.php

Answer 14

Rooirose

Maisie

Answer 15

my best friend is kenyan and her name is aliyah (aaa-lee-yah or ah-ly-yah - it doesnt matter - she prefers the first). i think its a great name and shes beautiful.