Hausa Name Generator
Hausa given names, day names and town surnames
Generate Hausa full names from northern Nigeria and Niger: a given name with the father's name or the home town after it, as in Shehu Haruna, Hadiza Kware and Mudi Haruna Dutsinma, plus day and circumstance names such as Danladi Kurfi, Jummai Sirajo and Tanko Dutsinma. The list holds 500 names.
About Hausa names
A Hausa name is a given name with a second name that places the person. Usually it is the father's given name, so Shehu Haruna is Shehu, son of Haruna. The other choice is the home town: Kano, Katsina, Zaria, Bichi, Ringim and Daura all serve as surnames, and documents often carry all three parts, as in Mudi Haruna Dutsinma. Many families now keep one as a fixed surname.
Most given names are Hausa forms of names from Arabic. Mamman and Muhammadu both come from Muhammad, Audu is a short form of Abdullahi, Hadiza is Khadija and Hauwa is Eve. Auwalu, Sani and Salisu come from the Arabic words for first, second and third. Bible names have Hausa forms as well, such as Bulus for Paul and Rifkatu for Rebecca.
Older Hausa names record the day or the circumstances of a birth. Danladi and Ladi are a boy and a girl born on Sunday, Dantala and Talatu on Tuesday, Balarabe and Laraba on Wednesday, Danlami and Lami on Thursday, Danjuma and Jummai on Friday, Danasabe and Asabe on Saturday. Tanko is a boy born after several girls, Kande a girl born after several boys, Gambo the child born after twins and Auta the last-born. In Niger the same names are written in French spelling: Mahamadou, Issoufou, Haoua.
How to choose Hausa names
- Decide what the second name is before you build a family. If it is the father's name, brothers and sisters share it and the next generation changes it; if it is a town or a fixed surname, everyone keeps it.
- Check the weekday when you use a day name. A character called Danjuma or Jummai was born on a Friday, and twins are often Hassan and Hussaini or Hassana and Hussaina.
- Let the spelling set the country. Abubakar, Usman and Hauwa read as Nigeria, while Aboubacar, Ousmane and Haoua read as Niger.
- Use the three-part form, such as Sadisu Mansur Garki, for school registers, certificates and formal introductions, and the given name alone in dialogue.
- Common pairings belong to many living people. Before you publish a name on a character or a project, search the full name yourself.
Frequently asked questions
What do Hausa day names mean?
They name the weekday of birth, with one form for a boy and one for a girl: Danladi and Ladi for Sunday, Dantala and Talatu for Tuesday, Balarabe and Laraba for Wednesday, Danlami and Lami for Thursday, Danjuma and Jummai for Friday, Danasabe and Asabe for Saturday. Altine is a girl born on Monday. In the list they stand alone and in full names such as Dantala Tsafe, Asabe Illela and Balarabe Rogo.
How do Hausa surnames work?
Traditionally there is no inherited surname. A person adds the father's given name, as in Kabiru Sule or Maryam Shehu, or the name of the home town, as in Inuwa Ringim or Sakina Daura. Some families now pass one of these down unchanged, and a few carry an old title or nickname instead, as in Rabi Waziri and Hamisu Maikano.
What are Hausa circumstance names?
They describe how a child arrived in the family. Tanko is a boy born after a run of girls, Kande a girl born after a run of boys, Gambo the child who follows twins, Auta the youngest and Azumi a child born in the fasting month. Entries such as Kande Hadejia, Gambo Sanusi and Auta Dahiru use them as given names.
Are these the names of real people?
No entry is meant to name a particular person. Every given name, day name and town here is in real use among Hausa speakers, the list was drafted by combining them, and we tried to leave out the names of well-known public figures. Names this common are shared by many living people, so treat any match as a coincidence.
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All 500 Hausa names
A: 83 names
- Abba Ali
- Abba Gwiwa
- Abdou Inoussa
- Abdoulaye Harouna
- Abdulaziz Sadiq
- Abdulaziz Zaria
- Abdulhamid Suleiman
- Abdulkadir Danazumi
- Abdulkadir Kunchi
- Abdulkadir Lukman
- Abdulkarim Madobi
- Abdullahi Abdulkarim
- Abdullahi Bagudo
- Abdulmalik Baure
- Abdulmalik Hamisu
- Abdulmumini Gabasawa
- Abdulmumini Mahmud
- Abdulrahman Dantani
- Abdulrahman Uba
- Abdulrazak Mohammed
- Abdulrazak Nasidi
- Abdulsalam Halilu
- Abdulsalam Lere
- Aboubacar Maman
- Absatou Adamou
- Abubakar Ingawa
- Adamu Salihu
- Adamu Warawa
- Ado Mahmud Bodinga
- Ado Tangaza
- Ado Umaru
- Ahmadu Goronyo
- Ahmadu Lawal
- Ahmed Jibrin Tsanyawa
- Aisha Gwale
- Aisha Murtala Yauri
- Aisha Salisu
- Aishatu Ali
- Aishatu Gezawa
- Aishatu Maikudi
- Aishatu Nafiu Argungu
A, continued
- Alhassan Guri
- Alhassan Ubale
- Ali Iliyasu
- Aliyu Mukhtar
- Altine
- Altine Minjibir
- Altine Taura
- Amina Halilu
- Aminatu Uba
- Aminatu Ubale
- Aminou Oumarou
- Aminu Ahmed Bungudu
- Aminu Alhassan
- Aminu Kaugama
- Andarawus Iliya
- Asabe
- Asabe Anka
- Asabe Illela
- Asibi Ado
- Asibi Kasimu
- Asma'u Ahmed
- Asma'u Hussaini Kano
- Attahiru Hassan Karaye
- Attahiru Kasimu
- Attahiru Tsanyawa
- Audu Shehu Tureta
- Audu Sokoto
- Audu Usaini
- Auta
- Auta Ayuba
- Auta Bebeji
- Auta Dahiru
- Auta Gaya
- Auta Isiyaku
- Auwalu Nuhu
- Auwalu Soba
- Ayuba Madaki
- Ayuba Matazu
- Ayuba Nasiru
- Azumi
- Azumi Bungudu
- Azumi Kafur
B: 29 names
- Badamasi Junaidu Soba
- Badamasi Umar
- Bala Mafara
- Bala Zayyanu
- Balaraba Abdullahi
- Balaraba Kazaure
- Balarabe
- Balarabe Rogo
- Balarabe Sule
- Balkissa Salissou
- Balkisu Aliyu
- Barau Kabir
- Barau Kabiru
- Barira Gwaram
- Barira Shehu
- Barira Umar
- Bashir Mukhtar Gabasawa
- Bawa Batsari
- Bawa Isa
- Bello Jahun
- Bello Rabiu Rogo
- Bello Sadisu
- Bilkisu Abdulkarim
- Bilkisu Bodinga
- Bilkisu Danmalam
- Binta Argungu
- Binta Faruk
- Bitrus Markus
- Bulus Luka
D: 23 names
- Dahiru Charanchi
- Danasabe
- Danasabe Faruk
- Danasabe Musbahu
- Danjuma
- Danjuma Garba
- Danjuma Garko
- Danladi
- Danladi Aliyu
- Danladi Kurfi
- Danlami
- Danlami Albasu
- Danlami Rabah
- Danlami Ya'u
- Dantala
- Dantala Suleiman
- Dantala Tsafe
- Dauda Abdulmalik
- Dauda Shanono
- Delu Funtua
- Delu Ubale
- Dije Jahun
- Dije Jamilu
F: 11 names
- Faruk Salisu
- Faruk Wudil
- Fati Kaura
- Fati Saidu
- Fatima Birniwa
- Fatima Sagir
- Fatsuma Bagwai
- Fatsuma Junaidu
- Fatsuma Tafida
- Filibus Ishaya
- Firdausi Lukman
G: 4 names
- Gambo
- Gambo Abdulaziz
- Gambo Misau
- Gambo Sanusi
H: 63 names
- Habiba Ali
- Habiba Baba
- Habibu Abdulsalam
- Habibu Kiyawa
- Habila Ishaku
- Hadiza Abdullahi
- Hadiza Abdulmalik Kunchi
- Hadiza Kware
- Hadiza Tsoho
- Hadizatou Hamissou
- Hafsat Rufai
- Hafsat Usman Mani
- Hafsatu Abdulaziz
- Hafsatu Giwa
- Hajara Batsari
- Hajara Wada
- Hajjo Ciroma
- Hajjo Daura
- Hajjo Musa
- Haladu Galadima
- Haladu Jibrin
- Haladu Sharada
- Halilu Sagir Bukkuyum
- Halilu Ya'u
- Halima Faruk
- Halima Usman
- Halimatou Idi
- Halimatu Bindawa
- Halimatu Maiwada
- Halimatu Nura
- Hamisu Maikano
H, continued
- Hamisu Rufai
- Hamisu Umar Kaugama
- Hamza Birniwa
- Hamza Shehu
- Hannatu Bulus
- Hannatu Iliya
- Hansatu Gwandu
- Hansatu Hamza
- Haoua Bachir
- Harouna Chaibou
- Haruna Magaji
- Haruna Ya'u
- Hassan Iliyasu Kusada
- Hassan Yusuf
- Hassana Goronyo
- Hassana Lawali
- Hauwa Abdulhamid
- Hauwa Kafur
- Hauwa Kamalu Azare
- Hauwa'u Dandume
- Hauwa'u Muhammadu
- Hindatu Audu
- Hindatu Kiru
- Hindu Ahmadu Jega
- Hindu Azare
- Hindu Murtala
- Housseina Souleymane
- Hussaina Lawali Miga
- Hussaina Miga
- Hussaina Shafiu
- Hussaini Inuwa
- Hussaini Jega
I: 24 names
- Ibrahim Kankara
- Ibrahim Shafiu
- Idris Garki
- Idris Sule
- Iliya Sabo
- Iliyasu Yahaya
- Indo Kabir
- Indo Yahaya Mashi
- Inuwa Musbahu
- Inuwa Ringim
- Irmiya Ishaya
- Isa Ikara
- Isa Mairiga
- Isa Tijjani
- Ishaku Bitrus
- Ishaya Yohanna
- Isiyaku Mudi
- Isiyaku Yabo
- Isiyaku Yahaya Ungogo
- Ismaila Abdulrahman Gwiwa
- Ismaila Maradun
- Ismaila Tasiu
- Issoufou Saidou
- Istifanus Habila
J: 11 names
- Jamila Bukkuyum
- Jamila Idris
- Jamila Turaki
- Jamilu Bagwai
- Jamilu Mahmud
- Jatau Bunkure
- Jatau Kibiya
- Jibrin Muhammadu
- Jummai
- Jummai Sirajo
- Junaidu Umaru
K: 19 names
- Kabir Rabiu
- Kabirou Issa
- Kabiru Sule
- Kabiru Tureta
- Kaltume Abdulmumini
- Kaltume Mohammed Faskari
- Kamalu Abubakar
- Kamalu Kusada
- Kande
- Kande Hadejia
- Kande Maigatari
- Karima Garba
- Karima Gwarzo
- Kasimu Kankia
- Kasimu Mamman
- Khadija Lawan
- Khadija Nadabo
- Kulu Bello
- Kulu Ladan
L: 29 names
- Labaran Abdulrahman
- Ladi
- Ladi Bindawa
- Ladi Karaye
- Ladidi
- Ladidi Roni
- Ladidi Samaila
- Lami
- Lami Aminu
- Lami Nura
- Lantana Badamasi
- Lantana Fagge
- Laouali Abdou
- Laraba
- Laraba Musa
- Laraba Sani
- Larai
- Larai Auwalu
- Larai Jamilu
- Lawal Alkali
- Lawal Tijjani
- Lawal Wurno
- Lawali Gwarzo
- Lawali Ibrahim
- Lawan Tukur
- Lubabatu Bala Illela
- Lubabatu Sani
- Luka Yakubu
- Lukman Wada
M: 32 names
- Mahmud Habibu
- Maijidda Badamasi
- Maijidda Rano
- Maimuna Audu
- Maimuna Makoda
- Mairo Bala
- Mairo Ingawa
- Mamane Moutari
- Mamman Abdulrazak Guri
- Mansur Yusuf Kudan
- Mariya Ibrahim
- Mariya Sokoto
- Markus Sabo
- Maryam Danmusa
- Maryam Lere
- Maryam Shehu
- Maryamu Musa
- Mohammed Sadiq
- Moussa Nouhou
- Mudi Abdulhamid
- Mudi Haruna Dutsinma
- Muhammadu Samaila
- Muhammadu Zurmi
- Mukhtar Ciroma
- Murja Auyo
- Murja Labaran
- Murtala Haladu
- Musa Dala
- Mustapha Faskari
- Mustapha Karami
- Mustapha Labaran
- Mustapha Mohammed Kankara
N: 19 names
- Nafisa Shuaibu
- Nafiu Ali Dandume
- Nafiu Mansur
- Nana Kibiya
- Nana Ubale
- Nasir Abdulhamid Birniwa
- Nasir Bakori
- Nasir Hamza
- Nasir Maishanu
- Nasiru Danmalam
- Nasiru Tasiu
- Nassirou Moussa
- Nomau Dambatta
- Nomau Jibia
- Nura Jibrin
- Nura Lawan Maiyama
- Nusaiba Gwandu
- Nusaiba Mamman
- Nusaiba Musbahu Yabo
O: 1 name
- Ousmane Mahamadou
R: 20 names
- Rabi Aliyu
- Rabi Bunza
- Rabi Nuhu
- Rabi Waziri
- Rabiou Boubacar
- Rabiu Danbaba
- Rabiu Zakari
- Rachida Illiassou
- Rahama Inuwa
- Rahila Dauda
- Rakia Maman
- Rakiya Zakari
- Raliya Kabiru
- Raliya Zaria
- Ramatu Abba
- Rashida Dahiru
- Rifkatu Dauda
- Roukaya Inoussa
- Rufai Yushau
- Rukayya Hussaini
S: 62 names
- Sa'adatu Roni
- Sa'adatu Sadiq
- Sabo Abdulkarim
- Sabo Labaran Gwaram
- Sabo Mani
- Sadiq Gusau
- Sadisu Liman
- Sadisu Mansur Garki
- Sadiya Zubairu
- Safiatou Nouhou
- Safiya Attahiru
- Sagir Kabir
- Saidu Katsina
- Saidu Mamman
- Saidu Nasiru Gaya
- Sakina Abdulkadir Fagge
- Sakina Adamu
- Sakina Daura
- Sakina Gajere
- Salamatu Binji
- Salamatu Habibu Mafara
- Salamatu Sanusi
- Salihu Zubairu
- Salisu Abubakar
- Sallau Bunza
- Sallau Kudan
- Samaila Lawan
- Samaila Makama
- Samira Jega
- Samira Yusuf
- Sani Argungu
S, continued
- Sani Iliyasu
- Sanoussi Issoufou
- Sanusi Alhassan
- Sanusi Malumfashi
- Saratu Ayuba
- Saratu Bashir
- Saratu Suru
- Saude Ajingi
- Saude Mukhtar
- Saude Rufai Silame
- Shafiu Binji
- Shafiu Idris
- Shamsiyya Abubakar
- Shamsiyya Maru
- Shatu Dutse
- Shatu Sadisu Kalgo
- Shatu Tasiu
- Shehu Haruna
- Shekarau Abba
- Shekarau Nasir
- Shuaibu Bashir
- Shuaibu Gumel
- Shuaibu Lukman Albasu
- Sirajo Garba
- Sirajo Ungogo
- Souley Habou
- Souleymane Aminou
- Sule Auwalu
- Sumayya Suleiman
- Sumayya Zurmi
- Suwaiba Hassan
T: 19 names
- Talatu
- Talatu Abdulmumini
- Talatu Ismaila
- Talle Bichi
- Talle Suru
- Tani Bashir
- Tani Silame
- Tanimu Salihu
- Tanimu Salisu
- Tanko
- Tanko Dutsinma
- Tanko Kano
- Tchima Mahamane
- Tidjani Yacouba
- Tijjani Adamu
- Tijjani Kalgo
- Tijjani Yaro
- Tukur Kura
- Tukur Sagir
U: 15 names
- Uba Junaidu
- Ubale Garba
- Umar Nuhu
- Umaru Maiyama
- Umma Musbahu
- Umma Wurno
- Ummi Suleiman Madobi
- Ummi Yahaya
- Usaini Bature
- Usaini Mashi
- Usaini Tasiu Tsafe
- Usman Aliyu
- Usman Kware
- Uwani Faskari
- Uwani Yushau
W: 1 name
- Wada Kumbotso
Y: 13 names
- Ya'u Dahiru
- Yahanasu Abdullahi
- Yahanasu Nalado
- Yakubu Ahmed
- Yakubu Makoda
- Yohanna Dauda
- Yunana Yakubu
- Yunusa Nuhu Ingawa
- Yunusa Safana
- Yunusa Wada
- Yushau Kaura
- Yushau Salihu
- Yusuf Murtala