The present study attempts to investigate personal names among Baoulé people, from Côte d’Ivoire and considers naming as an essential aspect of the Baoulé society. It considers names as being unarbitrary labels and sociocultural tags which have sociocultural roles and significances. The study aims at investigating the sociolinguistic implications of the names and showing the factors motivating the process of name-giving among Baoulé people. In other words, the study seeks to reveal to what extent the lifestyle of Baoulé community affects their naming system. The study was conducted in Côte d’Ivoire. Twenty-one elderly informants were purposely chosen to take part in the study. This was supplemented by the researchers’ introspection given that all of them are natives of the Baoulé language. Data were collected through interviews, focus group discussion and personnal observation. The findings show that the naming system of Baoulé individuals is highly influenced by their lifestyle. The typology of their names includes birthday names, circumstantial names, names according to the order of birth, and hypocoristics.