| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
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| ABBA | Ghanaian name for females born on Thursday. | female | african |
| ABEBA | Ethiopian female name meaning "flower." | female | african |
| ABEBI | Yoruba of Nigeria female name meaning "we asked and got her" or "we asked for her and she came to us." | female | african |
| ABENA | Akan of Ghana name for females born on Tuesday. | female | african |
| ABRIHET | Tigrinya of Ethiopia female name meaning "she has made it light, she emanates light." | female | african |
| ACACIA | "thorny." | female | african |
| ACHAN | Dinka of south Sudan name for a female child in the first pair of twins. | female | african |
| ADA | Ibo of Nigeria name for firstborn females. | female | african |
| ADAMA | Ibo of Nigeria female name meaning "beautiful child" or "queenly." | female | african |
| ADANECH | Amharic and Tigrinya of Ethiopia female name meaning "she has rescued them." | female | african |
| ADANNA | Ibo of Nigeria female name meaning "father's daughter." | female | african |
| ADEOLA | Yoruba of Nigeria female name meaning "crown of honor." | female | african |
| ADETOUN | Yoruba of Nigeria female name meaning "princess." | female | african |
| ADHIAMBO | Luo of Kenya name for females born after sunset. | female | african |
| ADINA | Amharic of Ethiopia word sometimes used as a female name, meaning "she has saved." | female | african |
| ADJOA | Akan of Ghana names for females born on Monday; peace. | female | african |
| ADOWA | noble. | female | african |
| AFAFA | Ewe of Ghana female name for the firstborn child of a second husband. | female | african |
| AFIA | Akan of Ghana name for females born on Friday. | female | african |
| AFRA | Name meaning "peaceful ruler" used by ancient Romans and Greeks for females of African origin. | female | african |
| AFUA | born on Friday. | female | african |
| AFYA | Swahili female name (also spelled AFIYA) and Kiswahili word meaning "health."Afya Bora means "good health." | female | african |
| AGBENYAGA | Ewe of Ghana name meaning "life is precious."(Could be shortened to NYAGA.) | female | african |
| AINA | Yoruba of Nigeria female name meaning "difficult birth," such as a child born with umbilical cord around neck. | female | african |
| AISHA | These Swahili and Arabic female names mean "woman, life, alive" and refer to the Muslim Prophet Muhammed's favored wife. See Aisha under the Arabic category for more variants. | female | african |
| AJA | High Priestess of Mecca. | female | african |
| AKILAH | intelligent one who reasons. | female | african |
| AKIM | According to an Ibibio of Nigeria folktale, Akim was a gorgeous, fat, young woman made of oil who melted in the sun while doing farm labor. | female | african |
| AKOSUA | Akan or Ahsanti of Ghana name for females born on Sunday. | female | african |
| AKPENAMAWU | Ewe of Ghana name meaning "thanks to God."The Ghanaian short form of this name is AKPENA. | female | african |
