Sierra Leonean Name Generator
Full names from Freetown to Kono and Kailahun
Generate Sierra Leonean full names from the Mende, Temne, Limba, Kono, Fula, Mandingo and Krio communities, like Jeneba Lebbie, Santigie Thoronka, Sahr Gbenda and Winifred Hotobah-During.
About Sierra Leonean names
A Sierra Leonean name often points to a community, though less firmly than outsiders expect. In the south and east, Mende given names such as Jeneba, Massah, Brima and Lahai sit beside family names like Kallon, Bockarie and Gbondo. Kono families name children by birth order: Sahr, Tamba and Aiah for the first three sons, Sia, Kumba and Finda for the first three daughters. Fula and Mandingo families carry names known across West Africa in their local spellings: Jalloh, Bah, Barrie, Mansaray and Fofanah.
Many of the biggest surnames belong to no single people. Kamara, Koroma, Sesay and Conteh are found among the Temne, Limba, Loko, Mandingo, Koranko and others, so this page names a community only where the link is well established. Muslim given names take local forms (Fatmata, Isatu, Kadiatu, Mariatu, Abu Bakarr, Alimamy, Foday, Santigie), and Christian given names appear with every kind of surname.
Freetown's Krio names look different again: English given names with surnames such as Macauley, Cole, Wyse and Coker, double-barrelled family names, and Yoruba-derived names like Ayodele and Modupe that go back to the Liberated Africans. The 500 entries pair given names and family names from these communities. They are combinations for fiction, games and research, not records of real people.
How to choose Sierra Leonean names
- Match the given name to the family name. A Kono birth-order name such as Sahr or Kumba sits more naturally with a Kono surname like Gbenda or Lebbie than with a Krio one like Wyse.
- Do not read a person's background from Kamara, Koroma, Sesay or Conteh alone. These surnames cross community lines, so place a character with a given name, a home town or a language instead.
- Keep the Sierra Leonean spellings. Fatmata, Isatu, Mohamed with one m, Abu Bakarr and Jalloh are the local forms of names that are spelled differently in Guinea, Senegal or the Gulf.
- For a Freetown Krio character, try an English given name with a Yoruba-derived middle name, as in Cyril Olufemi Decker. It is a familiar pattern in Krio families.
- Haja and Alhaji are titles for people who have made the pilgrimage to Mecca, but in Sierra Leone they are used so often that they work like part of the name.
Frequently asked questions
What are common Sierra Leonean surnames?
Kamara, Koroma, Sesay, Conteh, Bangura, Kanu, Turay, Kargbo, Mansaray and Jalloh are among the most widely seen. Several of them are shared by more than one people, so a surname alone rarely settles someone's background. The list also has less widespread family names such as Kposowa, Tholley, Fasuluku and Tuboku-Metzger.
How do Kono birth-order names work?
Kono families traditionally name a child by its place among the mother's sons or daughters. Sahr, Tamba and Aiah are the first, second and third sons, and Sia, Kumba and Finda the first, second and third daughters, with names such as Kai and Yei for later children. Because so many people share them, a second given name often tells people apart, as in Aiah Patrick Saquee beside Sahr Gbenda and Kumba Manyeh.
What are Krio names?
The Krio of Freetown descend from freed and returned Africans who settled the colony from the late 1700s, among them Nova Scotian settlers, Jamaican Maroons and Liberated Africans. Their names are mostly English, often with a double-barrelled surname, and many families keep Yoruba-derived names. In the list they look like Winifred Hotobah-During, Percival Wyse and Ayodele Macfoy.
Are these the names of real people?
No one in particular. Each entry pairs a given name with a family name, and with names as widespread as these, some combinations will belong to living people by chance. The list was drafted to leave out the full names of well-known public figures, but it has not been checked against any register.
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All 500 Sierra Leonean names
A: 61 names
- Abass Kamara
- Abdul Aziz Iscandari
- Abdul Karim Barrie
- Abdul Karim Lamin Sillah
- Abdul Marah
- Abdul Rahman Kelfala Mansaray
- Abdul Rahman Wurie
- Abdulai Kallay
- Abdulai Sannoh
- Abie Sheriff
- Abiodun Nicol
- Abioseh Coker
- Abraham Jusu
- Abu Bakarr Sidique Sesay
- Abu Kalokoh
- Abubakarr Bah
- Adama Fornah
- Adama Isatu Sesay
- Adama Jabbie
- Adama Jalloh
- Adamsay Yillah
- Adelaide Redwood-Sawyerr
- Agnes Kaikai
- Agnes Massaquoi
- Agnes Samura
- Ahmed Kutubu
- Aiah Kellie
- Aiah Konomanyi
- Aiah Mondeh
- Aiah Moses Fillie
A, continued
- Aiah Nyandemoh
- Aiah Patrick Saquee
- Alhaji Barrie
- Alhaji Daboh
- Alhaji Jusu
- Alhaji Tejan Fofanah
- Alhassan Kondeh
- Alhassan Thullah
- Alie Turay
- Alimamy Kamara
- Alimamy Kemoh Kabia
- Alimatu Bah
- Alusine Fornah
- Alusine Gbla
- Amadu Bah
- Amadu Kabia
- Amadu Samura
- Amara Kutubu
- Amara Tunkara
- Amie Ndanema
- Aminata Deen
- Aminata Jalloh
- Aminata Mansaray
- Aminata Sesay
- Andrew Bangura
- Ansumana Kamanda
- Arnold Jones
- Assiatu Timbo
- Augustine Fefegula
- Ayo Lardner
- Ayodele Macfoy
B: 23 names
- Babatunde Pratt
- Bailor Jalloh
- Balkisu Bangura
- Balla Kabba
- Balla Marah
- Bangalie Kondeh
- Bankole Showers
- Beatrice Beckley
- Bendu Amara
- Beresford George
- Betty Foray
- Binta Barrie
- Bintu Bangura
- Bintu Kanneh
- Boi Sesay
- Boima Koilor
- Bondu Elizabeth Konomanyi
- Bondu Fasuluku
- Bondu Hannah Torto
- Bondu Kellie
- Bondu Mondeh
- Brima Mansaray
- Brima Sellu
C: 13 names
- Cassandra Tuboku-Metzger
- Cecil Smart
- Cecilia Kumba Kallon
- Cecilia Macauley
- Chernor Barrie
- Christiana Komba
- Christiana Macfoy
- Clarence Johnson
- Claudius Decker
- Constance Dove-Edwin
- Cornelius Stevens
- Cyril Lewis
- Cyril Olufemi Decker
D: 12 names
- Daniel Lahai Kpaka
- Daniel Marah
- Dankay Turay
- Dauda Bangura
- Dauda Saccoh
- David Foray
- Dele Fewry
- Demba Jalloh
- Desmond Robin-Coker
- Dominic Turay
- Dorcas Kargbo
- Durosimi Hazeley
E: 15 names
- Ebenezer Babatunde Macfoy
- Ebenezer Thompson
- Ebun Faulkner
- Edmond Hazeley
- Edward Amara
- Egerton Pratt
- Ekundayo Sawyerr
- Emile Wilson
- Emma Mansaray
- Emmanuel Brima Sandi
- Emmanuel Caulker
- Emmanuel Dumbuya
- Esther Mansaray
- Eugenia Luke
- Ezekiel Roy-Macauley
F: 30 names
- Fallah Emmanuel Foyoh
- Fanta Sawaneh
- Fatmata Conteh
- Fatmata Jalloh
- Fatmata Kargbo
- Fatmata Seray Kanu
- Fatmata Sillah
- Fatu Kuyateh
- Fatu Nabieu
- Fatu Tarawally
- Fayia Bockarie
- Festus Ayodele Carew
- Festus Okrafo-Smart
- Finah Mansaray
- Finah Swaray
- Finda Agnes Fillie
- Finda Josephine Kpakiwa
- Finda Kamara
- Finda Komba
- Finda Lebbie
- Finda Mani
- Florence Elliott
- Florence Iyatunde Rollings
- Florence Matturi
- Foday Conteh
- Foday Koroma
- Francis Sesay
- Francis Tamba Jusu
- Francis Tommy
- Fudia Kandeh
G: 10 names
- Gbessay Kaikai
- George Lebbie
- Georgiana Beoku-Betts
- Gibril Kallay
- Gibrilla Kabia
- Gladys Koso-Thomas
- Gladys Modupe Wyse
- Gladys Rogers
- Grace Hawa Fasuluku
- Grace Kamara
H: 25 names
- Habib Bah
- Habibatu Barrie
- Hafsatu Barrie
- Haja Fanta Tunkara
- Haja Jeneba Kowa
- Haja Mabinty Koroma
- Haja Posseh Dumbuya
- Haja Umu Sow
- Haja Zainab Deen
- Hamidu Barrie
- Hannah Banya
- Hannah Kargbo
- Hannah Massah Lebbie
- Hassan Yillah
- Hassanatu Kalokoh
- Hassanatu Turay
- Hawa Jalloh
- Hawa Saccoh
- Hawa Samura
- Hawa Sento Swaray
- Henrietta Coker
- Henry Sesay
- Hinga Momoh
- Horatio Macfoy
- Hubert Blyden
I: 14 names
- Ibrahim Alharazim
- Ibrahim Daramy
- Ibrahim Kanu
- Idowu Reffell
- Isata Sow
- Isata Tarawally
- Isatu Koroma
- Isha Kargbo
- Isha Keita
- Issa Fofanah
- Issa Jalloh
- Iyamide Cole
- Iyatunde Macauley
- Iye Kabia
J: 24 names
- Jacob Matturi
- Jalikatu Sannoh
- James Senesie
- Janet Sesay
- Jariatu Bah
- Jariatu Gbla
- Jebbeh Musa
- Jeneba Bah
- Jeneba Kamara
- Jeneba Lebbie
- Jenneh Mustapha
- Jeremiah Campbell
- Jinnah Momoh
- Joe Kebbie
- Joseph Bockarie Matturi
- Joseph Kellie
- Joseph Kemokai
- Josephine Samura
- Josephine Yatta Momoh
- Juldeh Wurie
- Juliana Dixon
- Juliet Yillah
- Junisa Fornah
- Jusu Yokie
K: 34 names
- Kadiatu Binta Daramy
- Kadiatu Dukuray
- Kadiatu Kamara
- Kadie Senesie
- Kadie Turay
- Kadijatu Bah
- Kadijatu Lewally
- Kai John Kanessie
- Kai Kamanda
- Kai Koroma
- Kai Mohamed Matturi
- Kaifala Kondeh
- Kalilu Dumbuya
- Kandeh Kargbo
- Kehinde Marke
- Kelfala Janneh
- Kelfala Kamara
- Kemoh Gendemeh
- Kemoh Kamara
- Kemoh Turay
- Komba Gborie
- Komba Joseph Gbenda
- Komba Mbayo
- Komba Peter Sumana
- Komba Yamba
- Komrabai Tarawally
- Kula Kallon
- Kumba Esther Mondeh
- Kumba Fatmata Mani
- Kumba Gandi
- Kumba Kanessie
- Kumba Manyeh
- Kumba Martha Ngaujah
- Kumba Yamba
L: 13 names
- Lahai Songa
- Lamin Fofanah
- Lamin Kargbo
- Lamin Sesay
- Lancelot Beckley
- Lansana Daboh
- Lansana Swaray
- Lauretta Nylander
- Leslie Nylander
- Letitia Smythe
- Lilian Olu-Wright
- Lucretia Abioseh Forster
- Lucy Koroma
M: 63 names
- M'mah Bayoh
- Maada Sesay
- Mabel Kposowa
- Mabinty Kallay
- Mabinty Sidibay
- Maimuna Jalloh
- Makalay Daboh
- Mamadu Sow
- Mamawa Sandi
- Mamie Kebbie
- Mamoud Timbo
- Mamusu Daboh
- Marcella Spaine
- Margaret Navo
- Mariama Kabba
- Mariama Lewally
- Mariama Posseh Jalloh
- Mariama Yansaneh
- Marian Awoonor-Renner
- Mariatu Fornah
- Mariatu Timbo
- Mariatu Umu Barrie
- Marie Daramy
- Marie Kamara
- Martha Baindu Bockarie
- Martha Kamara
- Mary Jeneba Vandi
- Mary Nallo
- Maseray Fornah
- Maseray Jawara
- Matilda Jones
M, continued
- Mattu Saffa
- Mbalu Sankoh
- Memuna Kabba
- Miatta Goba
- Michael Komba Senesie
- Modupe Wyse
- Mohamed Barrie
- Mohamed Bunduka
- Mohamed Jabbie
- Mohamed Saidu Conteh
- Mohamed Suma
- Mohamed Thoronka
- Moinina Navo
- Moiyattu Jambawai
- Momodu Bah
- Momodu Swaray
- Momodu Thullah
- Momoh Yormah
- Moriba Kawa
- Morie Karimu
- Morlai Sankoh
- Morlai Tarawally
- Morlai Thoronka
- Moses Koroma
- Moses Thoronka
- Muctarr Alharazim
- Muriel Spencer
- Musa Kuyateh
- Musa Mansaray
- Mustapha Massaquoi
- Musu Konneh
- Musu Lukulay
N: 7 names
- N'mah Koroma
- N'mah Thoronka
- Nabieu Sheriff
- Nafisatu Bah
- Nancy Lahai
- Nathaniel Pyne-Bailey
- Nenneh Sow
O: 15 names
- Octavius Nicol
- Olabisi Harding
- Olatunji Bickersteth
- Olayinka Decker
- Olive Thompson
- Olufemi Garber
- Oluremi Jarrett
- Oluwole Gooding
- Omodele Labor
- Omojowo Davies
- Omotunde During
- Oredola Metzger
- Osman Jalloh
- Osman Turay
- Oswald Randall
P: 10 names
- Pateh Jalloh
- Patricia Nyuma
- Patrick Momoh Gbenda
- Patrick Nyuma
- Percival Wyse
- Peter Sahr Lebbie
- Peter Samura
- Phebean Sawyerr
- Posseh Conteh
- Princess Benjamin
R: 16 names
- Rabiatu Jalloh
- Ramatu Dumbuya
- Ramatu Sillah
- Ramatulai Jalloh
- Ransolina Bucknor
- Rebecca Macavoray
- Rebecca Thoronka
- Regina Senesie
- Reginald Ekundayo Smythe
- Reginald Redwood-Sawyerr
- Rosaline Davies
- Rotimi Weekes
- Rowland Gooding
- Rugiatu Barrie
- Rugiatu Conteh
- Ruth Turay
S: 64 names
- Saffa Bindi
- Safiatu Jalloh
- Safiatu Tholley
- Sahr Bundor
- Sahr Gbenda
- Sahr Kanessie
- Sahr Konomanyi
- Sahr Musa Yomba
- Sahr Philip Nyandemoh
- Sahr Samuel Manyeh
- Saidu Barrie
- Saidu Munu
- Salamatu Barrie
- Salamatu Thullah
- Salifu Daramy
- Sallay Samura
- Sallay Tucker
- Sallu Fornah
- Salome Tregson-Roberts
- Samba Wurie
- Samuel Gbondo
- Samuel Massaquoi
- Santigie Alie Koroma
- Santigie Kargbo
- Santigie Thoronka
- Sanusi Sidibay
- Sarah Momoh
- Saran Kuyateh
- Sarian Smart
- Satta Nyallay
- Senesie Kpaka
- Sento Conteh
S, continued
- Sento Fornah
- Septimus Tregson-Roberts
- Seray Kanu
- Sheik Barrie
- Sheku Caulker
- Sheku Sidibay
- Sheku Sorie Kargbo
- Sheku Yansaneh
- Sia Gbenda
- Sia Kellie
- Sia Lucy Fasuluku
- Sia Rebecca Yomba
- Sia Saquee
- Sia Sarah Komba
- Sia Yamba
- Sidique Bassir
- Sidique Tarawally
- Simeon Kallon
- Sinneh Bangura
- Solomon Marah
- Sombo Karimu
- Sorie Jabbie
- Sorie Kamara
- Sorie Sesay
- Stephen Vandi
- Steven Sandi
- Sukainatu Savage
- Sulaiman Kanu
- Sulaiman Timbo
- Sullay Sillah
- Susan Mbayo
- Sylvanus Maxwell
T: 16 names
- Taiwo Nylander
- Tamba Daniel Mondeh
- Tamba David Gandi
- Tamba Kamara
- Tamba Kpakiwa
- Tamba Matturi
- Tamba Nyuma
- Tejan Bah
- Tejan Mansaray
- Tenneh Gendemeh
- Thaimu Dumbuya
- Theophilus Tuboku-Metzger
- Theresa Jebbeh Gbenda
- Tokunbo Spaine
- Tommy Conteh
- Tunde Meheux
U: 5 names
- Umaru Sow
- Umu Bah
- Umu Thoronka
- Unisa Conteh
- Unisa Seisay
V: 5 names
- Vandi Kanneh
- Victoria Bundu
- Victoria Macauley
- Victoria Olayinka Sawyerr
- Violet Wyse
W: 5 names
- Wilfred Roberts
- William Bundu
- Winifred Hotobah-During
- Winston Nelson-Williams
- Wuya Caulker
Y: 16 names
- Yabom Sesay
- Yainkain Kabia
- Yankuba Daramy
- Yatta Navo
- Yayah Jalloh
- Yayah Kanu
- Yeabu Seisay
- Yeanoh Kargbo
- Yeanoh Seisay
- Yei Bundor
- Yei Hawa Morsay
- Yei Kpakiwa
- Yei Mary Fasuluku
- Yei Mbayo
- Yetunde Bucknor
- Yvonne Pearce