Burundian Name Generator

Kirundi names with baptismal and Swahili first names

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Generate Burundian full names that pair Kirundi names such as Ndayishimiye, Havyarimana and Ntakarutimana with the baptismal, Swahili and modern first names people carry in Burundi, as in Agathe Nkurunziza or Parfait Kwizera.

About Burundian names

A Burundian name usually has two parts that do different jobs. The Kirundi name is the personal one. By tradition parents choose it for each child, so it is not a family name, and brothers, sisters and parents can all carry different ones. Some families now pass the father's name on, but the older custom is still common. The second part is a baptismal or religious name, most often French because most Burundians are Christian, and Swahili or Arabic in Muslim families.

Many Kirundi names are short sentences, and a large share of them speak of Imana, God. Nduwimana says "I belong to God", Nshimirimana "I thank God", Hakizimana "it is God who saves" and Ntakarutimana "nothing is greater than God". Others record the birth itself: Bukuru and Butoyi are the elder and the younger twin, and Nyandwi, Minani and Nyabenda are a seventh, an eighth and a ninth child.

The 500 names come in seven groups: men's and women's baptismal names with a Kirundi name, the same in the order Burundian documents use, with the Kirundi name first, compound names such as Jean-Bosco and Marie-Goreth, Swahili and Muslim first names, modern first names with short names like Irakoze and Kwizera, and birth-order names. Spellings are the Kirundi ones, so it is Havyarimana with vy where Kinyarwanda writes by.

How to choose Burundian names

  • Decide on the order first. In Burundi the Kirundi name is usually written first, as in Nkurunziza Gratien or Niyonsaba Sylvie, while a passport-style or international setting puts the baptismal name first.
  • For a traditional family, give each child a Kirundi name of their own. A whole household under one surname reads as a modern, urban or diaspora family.
  • Let the Kirundi name say something about the birth. Twins are Bukuru and Butoyi, and a seventh, eighth or ninth child can be Nyandwi, Minani or Nyabenda.
  • Match the first name to the generation and the faith. Herménégilde, Scholastique and Tharcisse belong to grandparents, Cédric, Ornella and Arnaud to the young, and Hussein, Mwajuma and Ramadhani to Muslim families.
  • These are common names, so search a full name before you publish it. Any pairing here may belong to a living person by chance.

Frequently asked questions

Do Burundians have family names?

Traditionally they do not. Each child receives a Kirundi name chosen for him or her, so a father, a mother and their children may all have different ones, and a woman traditionally keeps her own name when she marries. Some families today hand the father's Kirundi name down as a surname, which is why both patterns turn up in modern Burundi.

What does Imana mean in Burundian names?

Imana is the Kirundi word for God, and a name that ends in -imana is a short sentence about God. Nduwimana means "I belong to God" and Nshimirimana means "I thank God". Bigirimana, Hakizimana, Havyarimana and Ndikumana in this list are built the same way.

How do Burundian names differ from Rwandan names?

Kirundi and Kinyarwanda are closely related languages, so the two countries share much of their name stock and the same naming custom. The spelling often tells them apart: Burundi writes Havyarimana and Ntakarutimana where Rwanda writes Habyarimana and Ntakirutimana. This list keeps to the forms carried in Burundi.

Why do some names in the list put the Kirundi name first?

That is the order used on school lists, identity papers and in everyday introductions in Burundi, where the baptismal name follows the Kirundi one. Ndikumana Pacifique and Masabo Espérance are written that way here. The other groups use the first-name-first order that visitors from outside the region expect.

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A: 51 names

  • Abdallah Nsabiyumva
  • Abdoul Karim Bazombanza
  • Abdoul Ndayitwayeko
  • Aboubakar Ntaconayigize
  • Adélaïde Butoyi
  • Adélaïde Sinzinkayo
  • Adèle Bandyambona
  • Adrien Gahungu
  • Adrien Nkundwanabake
  • Agathe Nkurunziza
  • Agnès Niyomwungere
  • Aimable Macumi
  • Aimable Ndayisenga
  • Aimé Igiraneza
  • Aisha Ndayishimiye
  • Alain Kwizera
  • Alexis Bandyambona
  • Alfred Niyonkuru
  • Ali Ruberintwari
  • Alice Ndikumana
  • Aline Manirakiza
  • Aloys Gahungu
  • Aloys Ndayisaba
  • Amina Kanyamuneza
  • Amissi Kavakure

A, continued

  • Anatole Nzoyisaba
  • Ancille Ndayizeye
  • André Ngendanganya
  • Anésie Bayaganakandi
  • Angélique Nikuze
  • Anicet Kazoviyo
  • Anne-Marie Kanyana
  • Annick Keza
  • Annonciate Sabimbona
  • Antime Ngendahayo
  • Antoine Minani
  • Antoinette Bizimana
  • Apollinaire Mbonihankuye
  • Arakaza Jeanne
  • Arcade Mbonyingingo
  • Ariane Ineza
  • Arlette Umuhoza
  • Armel Ntwari
  • Arnaud Mahoro
  • Asha Sindayigaya
  • Athanase Bigirindavyi
  • Athumani Bashirahishize
  • Audace Sabushimike
  • Augustin Sindayigaya
  • Aurélie Niyokwizera
  • Aurore Kaze

B: 21 names

  • Balthazar Ndayishimiye
  • Banyankimbona Égide
  • Barampama Alfred
  • Barankitse Félicie
  • Bararunyeretse Jeanine
  • Béatrice Ngomirakiza
  • Bélyse Igiraneza
  • Bélyse Misago
  • Bernadette Ntibantunganya
  • Bernard Nsabiyumva
  • Bienvenu Barutwanayo
  • Bigirimana Libérate
  • Blaise Manirambona
  • Bonaventure Ngezahayo
  • Boniface Hakizimana
  • Brice Iradukunda
  • Brigitte Nkundwanabake
  • Bruce Dusabe
  • Bukuru Candide
  • Bukuru Césarie
  • Butoyi Pélagie

C: 33 names

  • Calixte Banyankimbona
  • Calixte Toyi
  • Candide Sinzotuma
  • Capitoline Bimenyimana
  • Carine Ingabire
  • Caritas Ntakiyiruta
  • Cassien Sibomana
  • Cécile Banyankimbona
  • Cédric Ntwari
  • Célestin Ndikumwenayo
  • Césarie Nkeshimana
  • Chanelle Kaze
  • Chantal Niyoyita
  • Charles Nsanze
  • Charlotte Macumi
  • Charlotte Nimenya
  • Christa Keza
  • Christian Akimana
  • Christiane Simbananiye
  • Christine Nizigiyimana
  • Christophe Izere
  • Ciza Joséphine
  • Clarisse Iteriteka
  • Claude Mahoro
  • Claudine Sindayigaya
  • Clément Karorero
  • Clotilde Nahayo
  • Colette Ngezahayo
  • Côme Ntahomvukiye
  • Concilie Duhayindavyi
  • Consolate Mbazumutima
  • Cynthia Itangishaka
  • Cyriaque Ndabashinze

D: 21 names

  • Damien Kabura
  • Damien Sahinguvu
  • Daniel Bayaganakandi
  • Daniella Irakoze
  • Daphrose Ciza
  • Daphrose Kanyamuneza
  • Darlène Ineza
  • Davy Iteriteka
  • Denise Ntunzwenimana
  • Déo Vyukusenge
  • Désiré Nibogora
  • Diane Kamikazi
  • Dieudonné Ndereyimana
  • Diomède Nyamitwe
  • Dismas Niyomwungere
  • Divine Irakoze
  • Djuma Mbonabuca
  • Domitien Sinankwa
  • Domitille Ntirandekura
  • Donatien Ndihokubwayo
  • Dorothée Manirambona

E: 20 names

  • Eddy Munezero
  • Édouard Ntahobari
  • Éliane Ngendandumwe
  • Élie Kamana
  • Elvis Igiraneza
  • Emérence Ndabirabe
  • Emmanuel Nininahazwe
  • Épitace Nijimbere
  • Éric Habarugira
  • Ernest Nkorerimana
  • Espérance Nzohabonayo
  • Eugène Bukuru
  • Eugénie Misago
  • Eugénie Nibogora
  • Eulalie Nizigama
  • Euphrasie Niyongere
  • Évariste Nduwumwami
  • Évelyne Nihorimbere
  • Evrard Bigirimana
  • Ézéchiel Nkurikiye

F: 17 names

  • Fabien Birihanyuma
  • Fabiola Ishimwe
  • Fatuma Kezakimana
  • Fébronie Nyamoya
  • Félicie Ndabaneze
  • Félicité Nshimirimana
  • Fiacre Ndizeye
  • Fidèle Kaburahe
  • Firmin Barampama
  • Floriane Uwimana
  • Floride Niyonizigiye
  • Francine Ntiranyibagira
  • Franck Iradukunda
  • François-Xavier Nibizi
  • Françoise Kamariza
  • Frédéric Nduwayo
  • Fulgence Nzitonda

G: 18 names

  • Gabriel Masabo
  • Gahungu Désiré
  • Gaspard Niyonzima
  • Gaudence Ndayirukiye
  • Gélase Hatungimana
  • Générose Yamuremye
  • Gérard Nkeshimana
  • Gertrude Ntaconayigize
  • Gilbert Ndimurukundo
  • Gilles Itangishaka
  • Girukwishaka Domitien
  • Gisèle Kamikazi
  • Gloriose Kanyana
  • Godefroid Niyubahwe
  • Godelieve Ngendahayo
  • Goreth Sibomana
  • Grâce Mahoro
  • Gratien Bashirahishize

H: 16 names

  • Habonimana Gélase
  • Hadidja Nsabimana
  • Hafsa Nkezabahizi
  • Halima Ntirandekura
  • Hamisi Vyukusenge
  • Hamza Nihorimbere
  • Haruna Ntibazonkiza
  • Hassan Sinzotuma
  • Hatungimana Agnès
  • Hélène Bigirindavyi
  • Herménégilde Niragira
  • Hervé Kwizera
  • Hicuburundi Domitille
  • Hilaire Kavakure
  • Honorine Nduwumwami
  • Hussein Ngabirano

I: 10 names

  • Ibrahim Ngendahayo
  • Idrissa Nibogora
  • Ildephonse Ndikumana
  • Imelde Niyungeko
  • Immaculée Ndimurukundo
  • Inès Ishimwe
  • Innocent Yamuremye
  • Isidore Nzirubusa
  • Ismaïl Nsanze
  • Issa Habarugira

J: 36 names

  • Jacqueline Mbonabuca
  • Jean de Dieu Nijimbere
  • Jean-Baptiste Sindayihebura
  • Jean-Berchmans Girukwishaka
  • Jean-Bosco Bandyambona
  • Jean-Chrysostome Kaburahe
  • Jean-Claude Ngendakumana
  • Jean-Damascène Havyarimana
  • Jean-François Muhirwa
  • Jean-Jacques Karenzo
  • Jean-Louis Singirankabo
  • Jean-Marie Kavakure
  • Jean-Marie Nininahazwe
  • Jean-Marie Vianney Ngendanganya
  • Jean-Michel Bizindavyi
  • Jean-Népomuscène Ndereyimana
  • Jean-Népomuscène Rufyikiri
  • Jean-Paul Ntamwana
  • Jean-Pierre Nzisabira
  • Jeanine Sinankwa
  • Jeanne d'Arc Nimubona
  • Jeanne Niyukuri
  • Jeannette Nzitonda
  • Jérémie Nimubona
  • Jimmy Irankunda
  • Jonathan Ishimwe
  • Joselyne Ndayizigiye
  • Joselyne Ndoricimpa
  • Joseph Nimpagaritse
  • Joseph Nyandwi
  • Joséphine Ndayisenga
  • Judith Bukuru
  • Judith Ndayisaba
  • Julienne Ndayikeza
  • Juma Nzoyisaba
  • Juvénal Ngendandumwe

K: 9 names

  • Kabura Épitace
  • Kabura Jérémie
  • Kaburahe Éric
  • Kamana Marcien
  • Karenzo Pauline
  • Kelly Ingabire
  • Ketty Iradukunda
  • Kezakimana Spès
  • Khalfan Nimbona

L: 21 names

  • Laetitia Ingabire
  • Landry Irankunda
  • Larissa Uwimana
  • Latifa Niyokwizera
  • Laurence Arakaza
  • Lazare Bimenyimana
  • Léa Ngendakumana
  • Léocadie Mbonihankuye
  • Léonard Ntunzwenimana
  • Léonce Nyabenda
  • Léonce Rusuku
  • Léoncie Nimubona
  • Léopold Nizigama
  • Libérate Niragira
  • Libère Ndikuriyo
  • Liboire Nzigamasabo
  • Liliane Izere
  • Lionel Akimana
  • Lydia Minani
  • Lydia Rukundo
  • Lydie Sahinguvu

M: 51 names

  • Macumi Gaspard
  • Macumi Yves
  • Madeleine Havyarimana
  • Manirakiza Jérémie
  • Marcelline Bashirahishize
  • Marguerite Sabushimike
  • Mariam Kanyana
  • Marie-Ange Ndayongeje
  • Marie-Bernadette Masabo
  • Marie-Chantal Nduwayo
  • Marie-Christine Manirakiza
  • Marie-Christine Mpawenayo
  • Marie-Claire Cishahayo
  • Marie-Françoise Kankindi
  • Marie-Goreth Ndikumagenge
  • Marie-Grâce Ngendandumwe
  • Marie-Immaculée Duhayindavyi
  • Marie-Jeanne Ndayizigiye
  • Marie-Josée Nzohabonayo
  • Marie-Louise Nahishakiye
  • Marie-Madeleine Nizigiyimana
  • Marie-Noëlla Nzirubusa
  • Marie-Paule Mbazumutima
  • Marie-Reine Ntibantunganya
  • Marie-Rose Nkurikiye

M, continued

  • Marie-Solange Manirambona
  • Marie-Thérèse Ntirampeba
  • Marthe Ngendakuriyo
  • Martin Ndayirukiye
  • Masabo Espérance
  • Mathias Niyongabo
  • Mathilde Nzeyimana
  • Maurice Ndayizeye
  • Mbonihankuye Concilie
  • Médiatrice Ndayiragije
  • Melchior Nahishakiye
  • Méthode Bazombanza
  • Miburo Antoinette
  • Miburo Cassien
  • Miburo Rachel
  • Minani Espérance
  • Mireille Dusabe
  • Misago Frédéric
  • Modeste Kezakimana
  • Mohamed Ndayizeye
  • Monique Sinarinzi
  • Moussa Karenzo
  • Mpawenayo Cyriaque
  • Muhirwa Paul
  • Mwajuma Inamahoro
  • Mwamini Sinunguruza

N: 56 names

  • Nadège Butoyi
  • Nadège Ineza
  • Nadine Umuhoza
  • Natacha Kaneza
  • Ndabirabe Vénuste
  • Ndayiragije Aline
  • Ndayizigiye Mathias
  • Ndereyimana Triphonie
  • Ndihokubwayo Théophile
  • Ndikumana Pacifique
  • Ndikumwenayo Bonaventure
  • Ndikuriyo Rénilde
  • Ndimurukundo Astère
  • Nduwimana Pélagie
  • Nelly Rukundo
  • Ngezahayo Maurice
  • Ngomirakiza Melchior
  • Ngowenubusa Séraphine
  • Nibigira Samuel
  • Nibizi Rosalie
  • Nicodème Sinarinzi
  • Nijimbere Lazare
  • Nimpagaritse Ernest
  • Niragira Pontien
  • Niyibizi Mathilde
  • Niyomwungere Yolande
  • Niyongabo Anatole
  • Niyongere Valentin

N, continued

  • Niyonizigiye Gérard
  • Niyonsaba Sylvie
  • Niyonzima Fébronie
  • Niyubahwe Épitace
  • Niyukuri Fidèle
  • Nizigama Tharcisse
  • Nkezabahizi Libère
  • Nkorerimana Aurélie
  • Nkurunziza Gratien
  • Noëlla Kaneza
  • Norbert Ndoricimpa
  • Nsabiyumva Léopold
  • Nsanze Oswald
  • Nsavyimana Vital
  • Nshimirimana Consolate
  • Ntahomvukiye Marc
  • Ntakarutimana Spéciose
  • Ntakiyiruta Prime
  • Ntunzwenimana Térence
  • Nyabenda Pacifique
  • Nyabenda Spéciose
  • Nyandwi Léocadie
  • Nyandwi Régis
  • Nzigamasabo Méthode
  • Nzitonda Vénérande
  • Nzohabonayo Solange
  • Nzokirantevye Colette
  • Nzoyisaba Brigitte

O: 7 names

  • Odette Nduwayezu
  • Olga Uwineza
  • Olivier Singirankabo
  • Omar Hakizimana
  • Onésime Gakiza
  • Ornella Keza
  • Oscar Duhayindavyi

P: 23 names

  • Pacifique Ntahimpera
  • Parfait Kwizera
  • Pascal Cishahayo
  • Pascaline Inamahoro
  • Pascasie Nkezabahizi
  • Patrice Barankitse
  • Patricie Ngabirano
  • Patrick Dusabe
  • Paul Shurweryimana
  • Pauline Bararunyeretse
  • Pauline Butoyi
  • Pélagie Ndayikengurukiye
  • Perpétue Bizindavyi
  • Philbert Nzokirantevye
  • Pierre Ndabirabe
  • Pierre-Célestin Ntirandekura
  • Pierre-Claver Bigirindavyi
  • Pontien Rufyikiri
  • Prime Bucumi
  • Prince Mugisha
  • Privat Girukwishaka
  • Prosper Ntakiyiruta
  • Prudence Singirankabo

R: 18 names

  • Rachel Kaze
  • Raïssa Iteriteka
  • Ramadhani Sahinguvu
  • Raphaël Ndayikeza
  • Rashidi Niyonkuru
  • Régine Ntirampeba
  • Régis Mugisha
  • Rehema Nkengurutse
  • Rénilde Barankitse
  • Rénovat Ntamwana
  • Révérien Ndayongeje
  • Révocate Hatungimana
  • Rosalie Nzokirantevye
  • Rose Hicuburundi
  • Rose-Marie Habonimana
  • Rosette Ndabashinze
  • Rufyikiri Pierre
  • Rukia Ndabaneze

S: 34 names

  • Sabine Kanyange
  • Sabushimike Charles
  • Sadiki Simbananiye
  • Safi Nduwarugira
  • Saida Ngendakumana
  • Saidi Sinzumunsi
  • Salum Ndabashinze
  • Salvator Mpawenimana
  • Samuel Arakaza
  • Sandrine Rukundo
  • Sauda Nibizi
  • Scholastique Birihanyuma
  • Sébastien Bararunyeretse
  • Selemani Sinarinzi
  • Séraphine Niyonzima
  • Sévérin Nitunga
  • Shabani Birihanyuma
  • Shamim Nahimana
  • Sharifa Nyamoya
  • Sibomana Patrice
  • Simbizi Martin
  • Sinzinkayo Olivier
  • Solange Ngenzebuhoro
  • Sonia Uwineza
  • Spéciose Ndayishimiye
  • Spès Gakiza
  • Stéphanie Ciza
  • Stéphanie Nahishakiye
  • Steve Irambona
  • Sudi Rusuku
  • Suzanne Mbonyingingo
  • Suzanne Nkurikiye
  • Swedi Hicuburundi
  • Sylvie Bigirimana

T: 13 names

  • Térence Ntiranyibagira
  • Thaddée Nkengurutse
  • Tharcisse Nimenya
  • Théogène Nkunzimana
  • Théophile Muhirwa
  • Thérèse Nibigira
  • Thierry Ngabirano
  • Tite Gahungu
  • Tite Sabimbona
  • Toyi Gabriel
  • Toyi Isidore
  • Trésor Munezero
  • Triphonie Vyukusenge

U: 1 name

  • Uwamahoro Dorothée

V: 8 names

  • Valentin Nimbona
  • Vénérande Nduwimana
  • Vénuste Nsabimana
  • Véronique Niyubahwe
  • Victoire Nsabimana
  • Vincent Nzambimana
  • Virginie Barampama
  • Vital Sinzumunsi

W: 1 name

  • Willy Nduwimana

X: 1 name

  • Xavérine Ndimubandi

Y: 6 names

  • Yamuremye Perpétue
  • Yannick Irambona
  • Yolande Ruberintwari
  • Yussuf Ndizeye
  • Yves Irakoze
  • Yvonne Sinzumunsi

Z: 8 names

  • Zacharie Sinunguruza
  • Zainabu Ndimubandi
  • Zawadi Niyonizigiye
  • Zena Nahayo
  • Zénobie Ntahondereye
  • Zénon Nibigira
  • Zuberi Ndoricimpa
  • Zuhura Cishahayo