The study addresses personal naming practices among the Ndali. The study looks at Ndali names within the purview of linguistics anthropology. It considers names as not being arbitrary labels but sociocultural tags that have sociocultural functions and meanings. The study aims at investigating personal naming practices among the Ndali as they look very striking to a person who does not know much about the culture. The three specific objectives were: to identify the typology of Ndali personal names; to identify the meaning of Ndali personal names; and to identify the significance of the Ndali ascribe to naming people using these personal names. The study was guided by the Onomastic theory which focuses on personal names and their origin. The study was qualitative in nature and the descriptive approach was adopted. The data collection instruments used were: focus group discussions and interviews. The respondents were 40 in total with five selected from each of the four wards. The findings reveal several typologies or patterns of naming a child in the Ndali community such as: naming related to time of birth, naming denoting place of birth, naming related to seasons and events in the year, naming denoting traveling to the other tribe for so long, naming related to problems experienced by the mother during pregnancy, naming related to death, Naming related to conflicts or quarrels within families, names related to manner of birth, names related to family names, names related to spiritual aspects. The meaning of Ndali names were obtained as a result of the circumstantial and events a child was born. Names in Ndali was significant because they send a message to express expectations, hopes and beliefs in the society. The researcher recommends to the other researchers to conduct the study in the same topic to the other languages as well as other topics in relation to personal names.