| Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Riethaan |
| Arabic | مرعة افريقية |
| Azerbaijani | Afrika çivdimdiyi |
| Basque | Guatlla maresa africana, Giloi afrikarra |
| Belarusian | Афрыканскі драч |
| Bengali | িঅচিকান গুযগুচয |
| Bulgarian | Африкански дърдавец |
| Catalan | guatlla maresa africana |
| Chinese | 非洲秧鸡 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 非洲長腳秧雞 |
| Croatian | afrički kosac |
| Czech | chřástal africký, Chrástal africký |
| Danish | Græsrikse |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Kwartelkoning |
| Esperanto | Herbejkrekso, afrika krekso, afrika krekopseo |
| Estonian | savannirääk |
| Finnish | Savannihuitti, afrikanrääkkä |
| French | Râle des steppes, Râle des prés, Râle d'Afrique, Râle africain |
| Frisian | Afrikaanske teapert |
| Galician | Codornizón africano, Rei dos paspallás africano, Guatlla maresa africana |
| German | Steppenralle, Steppensumpfhuhn, Savannenralle |
| Greek | Αφρικανική Ορτυκομάνα, Αφρικανική oρτυκoμάvα |
| Hebrew | מלכישליו אפריקני |
| Hungarian | Pompás haris, afrikai haris |
| Icelandic | Hagarella |
| Irish | Crág Afracach |
| Italian | Re di quaglie africano, Schiribilla africana, Rallo africano |
| Japanese | アフリカウズラクイナ |
| Kazakh | Африка шәукілдегі |
| Latvian | Āfrikas grieze |
| Lithuanian | afrikinė griežlė |
| Northern Sami | Suoidnevuonccis |
| Norwegian | gressrikse, Gressrikse |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Grasrikse |
| Polish | chruściel derkaczowaty, derkaczek, derkacz kureczkowaty |
| Portuguese | codornizão-africano |
| Romanian | Cristel african |
| Russian | Африканский коростель |
| Serbian | Afrički prdavac |
| Shona | Nhapata |
| Slovak | chrapkáč hnedý |
| Slovenian | Afriški kosec |
| Spanish | Guión africano, Polluela Pintoja |
| Swahili | Kiluwiri wa Afrika |
| Swedish | gräsrall, afrikansk kornknarr |
| Turkish | Küçük Bıldırcın Kılavuzu, Küçük Bıldırcınkılavuzu |
| Ukrainian | деркач африканський |
| Welsh | Rhegen Affrica |
