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This section includes the first names used in West Africa (including Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo).
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Browse West African male and female names by alphabetical order to find out the meanings of the names. Click on the first letter of the name you're looking for.
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West African countries were some of the most frequently visited sources of slaves during the era of the Atlantic slave trade, so a great deal of the African-influenced culture in the Americas is West African in origin, especially in the Caribbean nations, the southern U.S., and Brazil.
The largest ethnic groups in West Africa are the Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa, and Fulani. West African names are used not only in their home countries, but also in some global communities with West African heritage.
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