Sudanese Name Generator

Sudanese given names, chain names and lineage names

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Given names, lineage names and full chain names from Sudan, such as Awadia, Sirelkhatim, Abdelrahman Elhassan and Onour Mohamed Tahir. A smaller share comes from South Sudan, including Nyandeng and Gatluak Tut Koang.

About Sudanese names

Most people in Sudan do not carry a fixed surname in the European sense. A full name is a chain: your own given name, then your father's, then your grandfather's, as in Khidir Omer Mirghani or Buthaina Osman Mohamed. Some families do keep a lineage name at the end, often with the Arabic article closed up or hyphenated in the Sudanese way: Elhassan, El-Tayeb, Elfaki, Gasmelseed, Wagialla. Spelling follows Sudanese speech, so the letter qaf is written g (Tarig, Siddig, Balgis, Abdelgadir) and you will see Omer, Yousif and Mohamed where other countries write Omar, Yusuf and Muhammad.

The list keeps its sources apart. About three quarters are Sudanese Arabic names, single or in chains. A second group comes from the regions: names common in Darfur among Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa families (Abbakar, Khatir, Kaltouma), Beja names from the Red Sea hills (Onour, Oshaik, Ohaj, Adaroub) and Nuba birth-order names (Kuku, Kafi, Tia, Tutu, Kaka).

A smaller share comes from South Sudan, which has been a separate country since 2011: Dinka names such as Deng, Garang, Achol and Nyandeng, Nuer names such as Gatluak, Nyakuoth and Tut, and a few Bari names such as Wani and Kiden. Many South Sudanese put a baptismal name first, as in Abraham Malual Ngor.

How to choose Sudanese names

  • Build a chain the Sudanese way: given name, father's name, grandfather's name. Any male given name on the list can serve as the second or third link, so Tarig can become Tarig Bakheit Yousif.
  • Keep a character's names inside one tradition. Onour and Adaroub belong to a Beja family from the east, Kuku and Kafi to the Nuba Mountains, Gatluak and Nyakuoth to a Nuer family in South Sudan.
  • A Sudanese woman keeps her own chain after marriage, so a wife and husband do not share a last name. Give a female character her father's and grandfather's names, as in Sittana Omer Salih.
  • Stay with one spelling system. If you write Siddig and Abdelgadir with a g, write Tarig and Shawgi the same way and do not mix in Tariq or Shawqi.
  • Sirelkhatim, Fathelrahman, Gasmelseed and Attaelmanan are compounds written as one word. They are strongly Sudanese and place a character at once.

Frequently asked questions

Do Sudanese people have surnames?

Usually not in the Western sense. The official name is a chain of the person's given name followed by the father's and grandfather's given names, so the last link changes with each generation. Some families do pass down a lineage name, which is why the list also has entries such as Saad Elhassan, Taha Wagialla and Babiker Gasmelseed.

Which names on the list are South Sudanese?

The Dinka, Nuer and Bari names are: Deng, Garang, Mabior, Achol, Nyandeng, Gatluak, Gatwech, Nyakuoth, Wani, Kiden and the full names built from them, such as Gatluak Tut Koang and Achol Deng Mayen. South Sudan became independent in 2011, and these names are rare in the north. Many Nuer girls' names begin with Nya and many Nuer boys' names with Gat.

Why are Sudanese names spelled with g where other Arabic names have q?

Sudanese Arabic pronounces the letter qaf as a hard g, and passports and school records follow the sound. Tariq becomes Tarig, Siddiq becomes Siddig, Bilqis becomes Balgis and Abdelqadir becomes Abdelgadir. The list uses these Sudanese spellings throughout.

What are the Nuba birth-order names?

In many Nuba communities a child's first name records the order of birth. Kuku is a first son and Kaka a first daughter, and the list also has Kafi, Tia, Tutu, Kuwa, Kodi and Toto from the same set. They are often used beside an Arabic or Christian name, as in Tabitha Kuku Kafi.

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A: 85 names

  • Abbakar
  • Abbas Hassan
  • Abdelazim
  • Abdelaziz Ibrahim
  • Abdelgayoum
  • Abdelhafiz Abubakr
  • Abdelhafiz Fadlelmula
  • Abdelhafiz Fadul Abdalla
  • Abdelhalim Makkawi
  • Abdelhamid Fadl
  • Abdelkhalig
  • Abdellatif Malik Hussein
  • Abdelmagid Ibrahim
  • Abdelmutalib Hassan
  • Abdelrahim Elimam
  • Abdelrahman Ali
  • Abdelrahman Elhassan
  • Abdelrahman Khogali
  • Abdelrazig
  • Abdelsalam Omer Mustafa
  • Abdelshafi
  • Abdelshafi Haroun Yahia
  • Abraham Malual Ngor
  • Abubakr Ahmed
  • Abuk
  • Abusin
  • Achol
  • Achol Deng Mayen
  • Adam Abbakar Haroun
  • Adaroub
  • Adhieu
  • Adhieu Bol Thon
  • Adut
  • Afaf Ahmed
  • Afnan Kheir Adam
  • Afraa
  • Ahmed Zarroug
  • Aisha Arbab Idris
  • Aisha Bakheit
  • Aisha Elagib
  • Akech
  • Akon Mabior Ajak

A, continued

  • Akram Ali
  • Akuol
  • Alaeldin Khidir
  • Alaeldin Mirghani Abdalla
  • Alamelhuda
  • Aluel
  • Aluel Garang Chol
  • Amal Yousif
  • Amani Bashir Khidir
  • Amani Siddig
  • Amin Babiker
  • Amin Osman Mohamed
  • Amir Mahjoub
  • Amir Mahmoud Suleiman
  • Amira Taha
  • Amjad Kamal
  • Amjad Mahmoud Ali
  • Ammar Khidir Hashim
  • Amna Eisa
  • Anas Awad
  • Arafa
  • Arbab
  • Areej Hassan
  • Ashraf Ibrahim
  • Ashraf Suleiman Hamad
  • Asma Elkarib
  • Atem
  • Attaelmanan
  • Awab Yousif
  • Awad Idris Ismail
  • Awad Siddig
  • Awadia
  • Awatif Taha
  • Aya Mahjoub
  • Ayat Gasim Ahmed
  • Ayat Siddig
  • Ayen
  • Ayen Majok Atem
  • Ayman Eisa Hassan
  • Ayman Kamal
  • Azhari
  • Aziza Taha
  • Azza

B: 19 names

  • Babiker Gasmelseed
  • Badawi
  • Badawi Ibrahim Bakheit
  • Bahaeldin Abdalla Hamad
  • Bakheit
  • Balgis
  • Balla
  • Bashir Ibrahim
  • Batoul Hamid
  • Batoul Osman Omer
  • Bol Madut Aguer
  • Boutros Tia Kodi
  • Bushara
  • Bushara Suleiman Arbab
  • Bushra Abusin
  • Bushra Eltom
  • Bushra Sabir
  • Buthaina Mahmoud
  • Buthaina Osman Mohamed

C: 3 names

  • Chol
  • Chol Ajang Dut
  • Chuol

D: 8 names

  • Daniel Ayuel Kon
  • Daoud Ali
  • Darelsalam
  • Dawelbeit
  • Deng
  • Deng Atem Bior
  • Dirar
  • Duaa Mohamed

E: 17 names

  • Ebtisam
  • Ehsan
  • Eiman
  • Eisa Abbas
  • Eisa Adaroub Onour
  • Eisa Ahmed Yagoub
  • Eisa Atabani
  • Eithar
  • Elgizouli
  • Elizabeth Ajok Madut
  • Elrasheed
  • Elsamani
  • Eltigani
  • Enas
  • Entisar
  • Esraa
  • Ezzeldin Yagoub

F: 16 names

  • Fadlalla
  • Fadlelmula
  • Fadwa Abbas Ali
  • Faisal Nugdalla
  • Faisal Sharif
  • Faiza Osman
  • Fakhreldin Tagelsir
  • Farouk Adam
  • Fathelrahman
  • Fathi Elshafie
  • Fathi Khidir
  • Fatima Bashir
  • Fatna Haroun Abbakar
  • Fawzia Awad Bilal
  • Fawzia Babiker
  • Fouad Hamid Mubarak

G: 19 names

  • Gaafar Hassan
  • Galal Abusin
  • Galal Mirghani
  • Gamal Hamad
  • Gamal Suleiman Khalifa
  • Gamaleldin Ahmed
  • Gamar
  • Garang
  • Garang Akol Ring
  • Gasim
  • Gasmelseed
  • Gatkuoth
  • Gatluak
  • Gatluak Tut Koang
  • Gatwech
  • Gatwech Puok Lul
  • Ghada Ahmed
  • Gisma
  • Gusai Yousif Hussein

H: 40 names

  • Haitham Khidir
  • Hajer
  • Hala Sharif Awad
  • Halima Ishag Khamis
  • Halima Onour
  • Hamad Hamza Dafalla
  • Hamad Kuwa Tutu
  • Hamdan Bashir Taha
  • Hamdan Osman
  • Hamdi Jadalla
  • Hamdi Sidahmed
  • Hamid Eisa
  • Hamid Hashim Mahmoud
  • Hamid Ohaj
  • Hamza Suleiman
  • Hanan Eisa
  • Haroun Khatir Adam
  • Haroun Kuwa Kafi
  • Hashim Osman
  • Hassaballa
  • Hassabelrasoul
  • Hassabo
  • Hassan Elnour
  • Hassan Mohamed
  • Hatim Abuzeid
  • Hatim Elfaki
  • Hatim Salih
  • Hawa Abbakar Adam
  • Hawa Adam Yagoub
  • Hiba Abubakr
  • Hiba Sidahmed Hassan
  • Hind Siddig
  • Hisham Mohamed
  • Howaida
  • Huda Sidahmed
  • Hussameldin Mahjoub Hussein
  • Hussein Awad
  • Hussein Dirar
  • Hussein Elzubair
  • Hussein Satti

I: 16 names

  • Ibrahim Tagelsir
  • Idris Abbakar Ishag
  • Idris Badawi
  • Igbal Makki
  • Ihab Ali Fadl
  • Ihab Hassabo
  • Ihab Mansour
  • Ikhlas
  • Ilham Abbas Ismail
  • Imad Shaddad
  • Inaam Sharif
  • Insaf Mohamed
  • Ishag Yahia Arbab
  • Ishraga
  • Ismail Bakheit
  • Ismail Kafi Tutu

J: 2 names

  • James Malith Dau
  • Joseph Marial Tong

K: 29 names

  • Kafi
  • Kaka
  • Kaka Tutu Kuwa
  • Kalthoum Bakheit
  • Kalthoum Mohamed Saeed
  • Kaltouma
  • Kaltouma Yahia Haroun
  • Kamaleldin Gasim Ismail
  • Kamaleldin Khalafalla
  • Kamaleldin Mahdi
  • Kawther
  • Keji Tombe Jada
  • Khadiga
  • Khalafalla
  • Khalid Hamid
  • Khalil Madani Hamdan
  • Khalil Mirghani
  • Khamis
  • Khatir
  • Khidir Omer Mirghani
  • Kiden
  • Kiden Lako Modi
  • Koang
  • Koang Biel Both
  • Kodi
  • Kuku
  • Kuol
  • Kuol Ayuel Riak
  • Kuwa

L: 8 names

  • Lado
  • Ladu Wani Pitia
  • Lamia Adam Bilal
  • Lamia Hassan
  • Layla Hamad Nasir
  • Layla Musa
  • Loai Musa
  • Lubna Fadlalla Ali

M: 65 names

  • Mabior
  • Madani
  • Madut
  • Magda Omer
  • Magdi Ibrahim Osman
  • Magzoub
  • Maha Bashir Ahmed
  • Maha Ismail
  • Mahasin Mubarak
  • Mahdi Yagoub
  • Mahir Hassan
  • Mahjoub Hamid
  • Mahmoud Elsheikh
  • Mahmoud Nasir
  • Majok
  • Majok Mayen Thiik
  • Makkawi
  • Makuei
  • Malaz
  • Malual
  • Mamoun Osman
  • Manal Hassan Hashim
  • Manal Khalafalla
  • Mansour Mirghani
  • Mariam Badawi
  • Mariam Khatir Abdalla
  • Mariam Kodi Tia
  • Mary Abuk Kuol
  • Mashair
  • Mastoura
  • Mawada Yahia
  • Mawahib

M, continued

  • Mawien Ring Akot
  • Mayen
  • Maysoon Khidir
  • Mazahir
  • Mazin Awad
  • Mazin Daoud Musa
  • Mirghani
  • Mirghani Musa Mustafa
  • Mirghani Sidahmed
  • Mohamedain
  • Mohamedkheir
  • Mohannad Bashir Osman
  • Mohieldin Shaddad
  • Montasir
  • Monzir Adam Madani
  • Muawia
  • Mubarak Abushama
  • Mubarak Babiker
  • Mudathir Elhaj
  • Mudathir Hussein Mahjoub
  • Mujahid Suleiman
  • Mujtaba
  • Munir Khalid
  • Munir Siddig Mohamed
  • Musa Osman Younis
  • Musa Tia Kuku
  • Musa Yousif
  • Musab Nasir Abubakr
  • Musab Salih
  • Mustafa Ibrahim
  • Mutasim Mohamed
  • Mutaz Madani Osman
  • Muzamil Gasim

N: 34 names

  • Nada Yousif
  • Nadia Balla
  • Nadir Gaafar Abdelgadir
  • Nadir Salih
  • Nafisa Balla Salim
  • Nagat Kamal
  • Nagi Mohamed
  • Nagla Ahmed
  • Nagwa Satti Babiker
  • Nahid Ali
  • Nahid Younis Satti
  • Nahla Abushouk
  • Nahla Mustafa
  • Nasir Abdelrahman
  • Nasir Karrar
  • Nasreldin
  • Nazar Shawgi Hassan
  • Nazik Saeed Babiker
  • Nemat
  • Nisreen Daoud
  • Nisreen Yousif Osman
  • Noureldaim
  • Noureldin Ali
  • Nusaiba
  • Nyabol
  • Nyabol Chuol Reath
  • Nyadak
  • Nyakuoth
  • Nyakuoth Gai Thok
  • Nyaluak
  • Nyamal
  • Nyamal Kueth Duoth
  • Nyandeng
  • Nyaruach

O: 11 names

  • Obai Elfadil
  • Obai Sabir
  • Ohaj
  • Ohaj Onour Eisa
  • Omer Mansour
  • Omer Sharfi
  • Onour
  • Onour Mohamed Tahir
  • Oshaik
  • Oshaik Adaroub
  • Osman Ahmed

P: 6 names

  • Peter Mayom Jok
  • Pitia
  • Pitia Jada Loro
  • Poni
  • Poni Kenyi Ladu
  • Puok

R: 17 names

  • Ragaa
  • Rahamtalla
  • Rahma Elwasila
  • Rahma Khidir
  • Ramadan Awadalla
  • Ramadan Elrayah
  • Ramadan Mustafa
  • Rania Gasim
  • Rania Ismail Makki
  • Rasha Yagoub
  • Rashid Mohamed
  • Rashid Saeed Abdelrahman
  • Rawda Hamza
  • Razan Yagoub
  • Rebecca Akuol Malek
  • Rihab Musa
  • Rugaia

S: 49 names

  • Saad Ali
  • Saad Elhassan
  • Saad Kheir Mirghani
  • Saadia
  • Sabah Mohamedain
  • Sabir Ahmed
  • Saeed Elmardi
  • Safaa Eljack
  • Safaa Khalifa
  • Safia Ahmed
  • Sakina El-Tayeb
  • Salah Hussein Balla
  • Salah Mahmoud
  • Salaheldin Khalid
  • Salih Abdalla
  • Salim Fadul
  • Salim Mohamed Abdalla
  • Salma Hamad
  • Samah
  • Sami Yahia
  • Samia Bashir
  • Samira Abushouk
  • Santino Akuei Madut
  • Sara Musa
  • Sarah Nyadak Pal
  • Sawsan Babiker
  • Shaddad
  • Shadia Yousif
  • Shahd Saeed
  • Shamseldin Awad Omer
  • Sharif El-Amin
  • Sharif Sidahmed
  • Shaza
  • Sidahmed Hamid
  • Sidahmed Jadalla
  • Siddiga
  • Siham Ahmed
  • Simon Manyok Piol
  • Simon Ruot Yien
  • Sirelkhatim
  • Sitelbanat
  • Sittana Omer Salih
  • Suad Hamdan
  • Suad Salim Salih
  • Sujood
  • Sulafa
  • Suleiman Ibrahim
  • Suleiman Kabashi
  • Sumaia Idris

T: 24 names

  • Tabitha Kuku Kafi
  • Tageldin Ishag Bushara
  • Tagelsir Mohamed
  • Tagwa
  • Taha Khalid Abbas
  • Taha Wagialla
  • Tahani Makki
  • Tahir Oshaik
  • Talal Abdalla
  • Tamador
  • Tarig
  • Tarig Hamza
  • Tasabih
  • Tasneem Gaafar
  • Tawfig
  • Tayseer Mohamed
  • Thuraya Ibrahim
  • Tia
  • Tibyan
  • Tombe
  • Toto
  • Tut
  • Tut Gatkuoth Nyang
  • Tutu

U: 1 name

  • Umsalama

W: 11 names

  • Wagdi Gasim
  • Wagialla
  • Wail Attaelmanan
  • Walaa Omer
  • Waleed Ahmed
  • Waleed Younis Malik
  • Wani
  • Weam Idris
  • Widad Hassan
  • Wifag
  • Wigdan

Y: 9 names

  • Yagoub
  • Yagoub Abdelkarim Khatir
  • Yasin Khalid
  • Yasin Magzoub
  • Yasmin Salih
  • Younis Mahdi
  • Yousif
  • Yousif Saeed Osman
  • Yusra Mahmoud

Z: 11 names

  • Zahra Babiker
  • Zahra Khamis Bushara
  • Zakaria Adam Dawelbeit
  • Zamzam
  • Zarroug
  • Zeinab Mubarak
  • Zeinab Oshaik
  • Zeinelabdin
  • Zubaida Ali Salim
  • Zubaida Babiker
  • Zuhair Adam