Kalenjin name their children based on situations, weather, animals or relatives. We have prepared a list of most common names given to Kalenjin children.Here is the full list:
1. Kipsang/Chesang – born outside the house
2. Kibet/Chebet – born midday
3. Kiprop/Cherop – born during the rainy season
4. Kipkoech/Chepkoech – born very early in the morning
5. Kiprotich/Cherotich – when cows are coming home
6. Kipkemoi/Chepkemoi – born at night
7. Kiptoo/Cheptoo – born when the visitor arrived
8. Kiprono/Cherono – When goats/sheep are coming from pastures
9. Kiplangat/Cheplangat – born after 7 pm
10. Kipngetich/Chepngetich – born when cows are being takes to pasture
11. Kipchirchir/Chepchirchir – Mom’s labor did not last long
12. Kipchumba/Chepchumba – born when visitors are around
13. Kimutai/Chemutai – mom’s labor lasted longer
14. Kipruto/Cheruto – when mom went for a visit
15. Kipkorir/Chepkorir – born before sunrise
16. Kipngeno/Chepngeno – born when goats were waking up
17. Kiptanui/Cheptanui – born when someone fainted
18. Kipyator/Chepyator – opening the way(firstborn)
COMMON KALEJIN BOYS NAMES
- Kipkorir–born shortly before dawn
- Kipkoech–born at dawn
- Kimutai–born in mid-morning
- Kibet–born at midday
- Kiplagat (Kiplangat)–born at sunset
- Kipkirui–born shortly after dark
- Kipkemboi–born at night
- Kipngetich–born when cows are taken to pasture after morning milking
- Kiprotich–born when cattle are brought home for evening milking
- Kipngeno–born when goats are waking up
- Kiprono–born when sheep or goats are
- brought into the house in the evening
- Kipkeino–born when sheep or goats are
- being milked (i.e. when cows milk is short)
- Kiplimo–born among grazing cattle
- Kipngeny–born when cattle are at a salt lick
- Kipkosgei–born after a long labor, or a long interval between children
- Kipchirchir–born in a hurry, after short labor
- Kiptanui–fainted, failed to cry or breathe at birth
- Kipketer–born on the verandah
- Kipchoge–born near the grain storage bin
- Kipsang–born outdoors
- Kipkurgat–born by the door
- Kibitok–born on the fathers side of the hut, not the mothers
- Kiptoo–born when visitors are around
- Kiptum–born during circumcision ceremonies
- Kimaiyo–born when beer is being brewed or drunk
- Komen–born when beer is being brewed or drunk
- Kipruto–born away from home, on safari
- Kipchumba–born near white men, i.e. in a
- hospital, in a town, on a white-owned farm
- Kipkemei–born during a drought
- Kiprugut–born during a famine
- Kiptalam–born during an infestation of locusts
- Kipsigei–born on his own (i.e. the mother had no help)
- Cheruiyot (male only)–born when everyone was asleep
- Kitur–born after parents had begun to despair of having a child
- Kigen–a long-awaited son
