Ecco un elenco di alcuni nomi in uso in Nigeria.
Tribù Yoruba:
| Ade | Alaba | Ayo |
| Babatunde | Fe | Idowu |
| Ife | Ire | Iyabo |
| Kehinde | Oba | Ola |
| Olu | Oluwa | Omo |
| Ore | Sunday | Taiwo |
| Tokunbo | Yetunde | Yewande |
Tribù Igbò
| Amaka | Chi | Chukwu |
| Mma | Nma | Nna |
| Nne | Nwa |
Tribù Hausa:
| Adamu | Asabe | Balaraba |
| Balarabe | Danasabe | Danjuma |
| Danladi | Danlami | Gambo |
| Hassan | Hassana | Hussain |
| Hussaina | Ibrahim | Idris |
| Isa | Ismaila | Jummai |
| Kaka | Khamees | Khamisa |
| Ladi | Lami | Lantana |
| Laraba | Larai | Musa |
| Talatu | Yakubu | Yohanna |
| Yusuf |
Altri nomi femminili della tribù Hausa:
| A'isha | Aminah | Asma'u |
| Atikah | Fa'idah | Fa'iqah |
| Fa'izah | Fatimah | Habibah |
| Hafsah | Halimah | Hamidah |
| Iman | Jamilah | Khadijah |
| Kubra | Latifah | Lubabah |
| Maimuna | Mansurah | Maryam |
| Na'imah | Nabilah | Nafisah |
| Rabi'ah | Rahmah | Rashidah |
| Ruqayyah | Safiyah | Sakinah |
| Salimah | Samirah | Shukriyah |
| Sumayyah | Zahrah | Zainab |
| Zakiyyah | Zaytun | Zubaydah |
Altri nomi maschili della tribù Hausa:
| Ali | Aminu | Amir |
| Bashir | Bilal | Fa'izu |
| Faisal | Faruq | Fu'ad |
| Habib | Hadi | Hafiz |
| Hamzah | Hassan | Hussein |
| Imam | Jalil | Jamal |
| Jibril | Kamil | Khalifah |
| Mahdi | Mahmud | Mansur |
| Muhsin | Mustafa | Nabil |
| Nasir | Rahid | Salim |
| Tahir | Umar | Usman |
