| Afrikaans | Waterploeër |
| Arabic | أبو مقص أفريقي |
| Azerbaijani | Afrika sukəsəni |
| Belarusian | Афрыканскі вадарэз |
| Bengali | িঅচিকান গাঙচলা |
| Bulgarian | Жълтоклюн водорез, Африкански водорез |
| Catalan | bec de tisora africà |
| Chinese | 非洲剪嘴鸥 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 非洲剪嘴鷗 |
| Croatian | Afrički vodosjek, afrički vodosijek |
| Czech | zoboun africký |
| Danish | Afrikansk Saksnæb |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Schaarbek |
| Esperanto | Afrika tondilbekulo |
| Estonian | aafrika käärnokk |
| Finnish | afrikansaksinokka |
| French | Bec-en-ciseaux d’Afrique, Bec-en-ciseau, Bec-en-ciseaux d'Afrique, Bec-en-ciseaux à bec jaune |
| Frisian | Afrikaanske skimker |
| Galician | Bico de tesoira africano |
| German | Braunmantel-Scherenschnabel, Afrikascherenschnabel, Afrikanischer Scherenschnabel |
| Greek | Αφρικαvικός ρύγχωπας |
| Hebrew | גיזרן אפריקני, גזרן, גזרן אפריקאי |
| Hungarian | Afrikai ollócsőrűmadár, afrikai ollóscsőrűmadár, Afrikai ollóscsőrű |
| Icelandic | Bakkaskari |
| Irish | Sciméar Afracach |
| Italian | Becco a forbice africano, Becco a cesoie africano, Becco a cesoie |
| Japanese | アフリカハサミアジサシ |
| Latvian | Āfrikas smēlējzīriņš |
| Lithuanian | Žirkliasnapis, afrikinis žirkliasnapis |
| Macedonian | Африкански водосек |
| Manx | Skimmeyder Affrickagh |
| Northern Sami | Afrihkáskárrenjunni, Afrikáskárrenjunni |
| Norwegian | afrikasaksenebb, Afrikasaksenebb, Afrikasaksnebb |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Afrikasaksenebb |
| Polish | brzytwodziób afrykanski, brzytwodziób afrykański |
| Portuguese | talha-mar-africano, Bico-de-tesoura-africano |
| Romanian | Cioc-foarfecă african |
| Russian | Африканский водорез |
| Serbian | Afrički vodosek |
| Slovak | zobáľ podivný |
| Slovenian | afriški škarjekljun |
| Spanish | Rayador africano |
| Swahili | Kiparara |
| Swedish | afrikansk saxnäbb |
| Turkish | Afrika Makasgagası, Afrika makas gagası |
| Ukrainian | водоріз африканський |
| Uzbek | Африка сузгири |
| Welsh | Sgimiwr Affrica |
