REAL TRADITIONAL NAMES (sunanka da sunanki)?

[Shiekh]

talle,

tambaya.

[Bebeji]

FEMALE:
Lantana
Landuwe
Laminde
Alsabatu
Kunduba
Karime
Hanne
Binta or Bintu or Bintete or Bintalo
Yarinye


MALE:
Dan maliki
Maidaura
Maduge
Dan kundalo
Iro
Ilu
Dan dashiyo

[Anonymous]

kilishi I definitely agree with yor argument.

[*~MuDa~*]

Some tyms my moza calls me Mudi,...Only she calls me dat!

[mlbash]

female;
barakisiyya
fallafiya
kundatu

male;
tsalha

[Baruti M. Kamau]

I don't know much but I can add a little.  My kobo biyu follows:

Hausa:
1. Bididi
2. Makau
3. Gandoki
4. Ado
5. Kazaure

Fulfulde:
1. Modibbo

[jaybee]

Hi, Ummita
I just wanna let u know that Asibi is not a Hausa traditional name,it is a name that Alago tribe called a girl who was born on Saturday. But the name was originated from a Hausa name Asabe. U can learn more about this if u check one B.A. Dissertation title "Dangantakar Al'adun Hausawa Da Na Kabilar Alago Da Ke Cikin Karamar Hukumar Doma Ta Jahar Nassarawa" Department of Nigerian Languages Bayero University, Kano.
Thank U.

[IBB]

Male:
Habu
Malle
Garba
Dan-maraya
Dan-liti
Dan-tala
Balarabe
Dan-lami
Dan-juma
Dan-asabe
Dan-ladi
Babawo
Babangida
Babayo
magaji
Tanko
Garuje
Mai-kano
Daiyabu
Dahiru
Sambajo
Baffa
Bako
Sabo
Bello
Bature
Danbaba
Nadada
Kawu
Danyaro
Murtala
Mani
Rabe
Mamman

Female:
Indo
Hansai
Ando
Liti
Talatu
Balaraba
Lami
Jummai
Asabe
Ladidi
Dada

[Baruti M. Kamau]

I question the word "bature" being used as a traditional Hausa name.  Any comments?

[IBB]

Bature means white man. So bature being a Hausa word makes the name a Hausa name. But if you can help define 'traditional' from your pespective with regard to name, then we can argue further or see where you are coming from

[bakangizo]

Is it safe to assume that almost all hausa traditonal names are associated with the events, circumstances, locations etc surrounding the birth of the child?

[AspiringKande]

Is it safe to assume that almost all Hausa traditional names are associated with the events, circumstances, locations etc surrounding the birth of the child?

A lot of them are, but not all. It's the same as in other cultures. In Hausa we have names like Wada (m) and Yalwa (f) which mean 'abundance' and are given to ensure wealth, most English names such as Jane, Mark etc had meanings too, but the meanings have been lost over centuries as the language evolved. The same way some Hausa names such as Yaquled, Turunku, Bakwa, Daurama etc are just plain names to us because their meanings have been lost because that version of Hausa is no longer spoken.

[bakangizo]

Is it safe to assume that almost all Hausa traditional names are associated with the events, circumstances, locations etc surrounding the birth of the child?

A lot of them are, but not all. It's the same as in other cultures. In Hausa we have names like Wada (m) and Yalwa (f) which mean 'abundance' and are given to ensure wealth, most English names such as Jane, Mark etc had meanings too, but the meanings have been lost over centuries as the language evolved. The same way some Hausa names such as Yaquled, Turunku, Bakwa, Daurama etc are just plain names to us because their meanings have been lost because that version of Hausa is no longer spoken.

Lol! And here ws I thinking the name "Wada" has its origin from a dwarf  ;D. Now, I have a colleague named Wadata. Is that a shortened form of 'Wada'? Because Wadata refers to affluence or abundance in a much better way than simply Wada.

[AspiringKande]

Is it safe to assume that almost all Hausa traditional names are associated with the events, circumstances, locations etc surrounding the birth of the child?

A lot of them are, but not all. It's the same as in other cultures. In Hausa we have names like Wada (m) and Yalwa (f) which mean 'abundance' and are given to ensure wealth, most English names such as Jane, Mark etc had meanings too, but the meanings have been lost over centuries as the language evolved. The same way some Hausa names such as Yaquled, Turunku, Bakwa, Daurama etc are just plain names to us because their meanings have been lost because that version of Hausa is no longer spoken.

Lol! And here ws I thinking the name "Wada" has its origin from a dwarf  ;D. Now, I have a colleague named Wadata. Is that a shortened form of 'Wada'? Because Wadata refers to affluence or abundance in a much better way than simply Wada.

Exactly, Wada, came from 'Wadata'. the name is given to ensure wealth/affluence.