The Christening
Tin-Hinan
Tin-Hinan (pronounced tin-hi-NAN) is a girl name of Tuareg origin, used in Sahara (Hoggar). It means “Founding queen of the Tuareg of the Hoggar — “she of the tents”.”
- Origin
- Tuareg
- Region
- Sahara (Hoggar)
- Gender
- Girl
- Variants
- Tinhinan
More names that mean “Figures historiques”
- Aksel — 7th-century Amazigh king (Kusayla); his name is associated with the leopard
- Béhanzin — The last great king of Abomey, who resisted colonial conquest (“the shark king”)
- Dihya — Amazigh warrior queen of the Aurès, 7th century
- Enitan — The one who carries a story
- Gaya — Numidian king, father of Massinissa
- Makeda — The Ethiopian name of the Queen of Sheba
- Mansa — King, sovereign — the title borne by Mansa Musa
- Massinissa — First king of a unified Numidia, 2nd century BC
- Nzinga — Queen of Ndongo and Matamba, a figure of 17th-century resistance
- Pokou — Founding queen of the Baoulé people (18th century), heroine of the sacrifice at the Comoé river
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